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"Winner of a 2014 Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award" Nina Eliasoph is associate professor of sociology at the University of Southern California. She is the author of Avoiding Politics.
An inside look at how community service organizations really work
Volunteering improves inner character, builds community, cures poverty, and prevents crime. We've all heard this kind of empowerment talk from nonprofit and government-sponsored civic programs....
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Hangabout, a puppy who has just grown into his long teardrop ears, believes.
He believes everything is good.
He believes what people tell him.
He believes his keeper loves him.
But when he is thrown into the outside world, Hangabout collides with a gang of hungry rats, a wily fox, a farmer with a BB gun, a kidnapper, and a lie. Everything he knows crumbles. Then, when Hangabout learns the truth about his keeper, he stops believing in anything.
If...
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Janet Y. Chen is assistant professor of history and East Asian Studies at Princeton University.
In the early twentieth century, a time of political fragmentation and social upheaval in China, poverty became the focus of an anguished national conversation about the future of the country. Investigating the lives of the urban poor in China during this critical era, Guilty of Indigence examines the solutions implemented by a nation attempting to deal...
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The gaping holes in the U.S. and Canadian social safety nets mean that many people live in a state of financial precarity that can instantly become untenable in the face of another big expense, such as a large medical bill or damaged property. Historically, people have turned to their communities, neighbors, families, and loved ones for help in these situations. Today, asking for money on the internet through crowdfunding is among the most popular...
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Aujourd'hui en Belgique, au moins 93 000 personnes sont surendettées. 93 000 vies en faillite. Et le chiffre ne fait qu'augmenter. La majorité d'entre elles vivent leur déchéance financière dans un silence honteux. Avec un Belge concerné sur cent, il y a pourtant beaucoup de chances pour que vous connaissiez un surendetté. Vos voisins, vos amis, peut-être votre famille. Personne n'est à l'abri.
Les surendettés sont-ils avant tout des flambeurs...
86) Ghostbread
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When you eat soup every night, thoughts of bread get you through.
One of seven children brought up by a single mother, Sonja Livingston was raised in areas of western New York that remain relatively hidden from the rest of America. From an old farming town to an Indian reservation to a dead-end urban neighborhood, Livingston and her siblings follow their nonconformist mother from one ramshackle house to another on the perpetual search for something...
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When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil's Workers' Party soared to power in 2003, he promised to end hunger in the nation. In a vivid ethnography with an innovative approach to Brazilian politics, Aaron Ansell assesses President Lula's flagship antipoverty program, Zero Hunger (Fome Zero), focusing on its rollout among agricultural workers in the poor northeastern state of Piaui. Linking the administration's fight against poverty to a more subtle...
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Un enfant essaie de comprendre la vie d'un homme qui vit sous un pont. Sa mère répond patiemment à ses questions et lui explique comment des personnes peuvent suivre des parcours si différents. Le garçon remarque les similarités entre l'homme et lui, et se demande o le mènera son propre parcours de vie.
Dans le récit simple de L'Homme à la barbe hirsute, la curiosité et la perspicacité de l'enfant servent de catalyseurs pour comprendre...
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"Addressing Social Issues in India" offers a comprehensive exploration of the myriad challenges shaping the socio-cultural fabric of the nation. The book delves into the diverse landscape of social issues, beginning with an insightful overview in the first chapter. Subsequent chapters meticulously dissect the influence of government policies, the pivotal role played by NGOs and grassroots movements, and the impact of media on public perceptions. The...
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Mine Ener was Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History and Islamic Civilization at Villanova University. She was a coeditor of Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts.
This richly textured social history recovers the voices and experiences of poor Egyptians--beggars, foundlings, the sick and maimed--giving them a history for the first time. As Mine Ener tells their fascinating stories alongside those of reformers, tourists, politicians,...
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What if we saw homelessness less like an "issue" and more like a calling to love our neighbor? A companion to the documentary “Americans with No Address” and the theatrical movie “No Address” (starring Ashanti, Billy Baldwin, Beverly D'Angelo, and Xander Berkeley), this guide challenges and educates individuals and churches on how to generate a more effective response to reduce homelessness and to better help people who are experiencing homelessness.
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In this influential classic, Gilder explains and makes the case for supply-side economics, proves the moral superiority of free-market capitalism, and shows why supply-side economics are more effective at decreasing poverty than government-regulated markets.
Now, in this new and completely updated edition of Wealth and Poverty, Gilder compares America's current economic challenges with her past economic problems-particularly those of the late 1970s-and...
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Are you tired of anger, fear, and blame dividing American politics? In America Together 2024, Kevin Thelen approaches the subjects of self-worth, culture, and politics from a place of experience and passion. Your perspectives will be challenged as visions for a post-2024 America expose the overlooked vulnerabilities that are eroding security and freedom. Characters of the future demonstrate the power of political unity. An entertaining and approachable...
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In Blessings of the Burden Alan R. Burt shares his heart for people who are homeless. Full of personal stories drawn from almost two decades of firsthand experience working with the homeless, this book is a passionate plea for greater community involvement in confronting the pressing social problem of homelessness.
Unfolding in five parts, Blessings of the Burden includes Burt's own journey from apathy to advocacy, a moving interview with a formerly...
97) Finding home
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"When Conejo's house blows away in a storm, his friends and neighbors take turns helping him look for it. Though they do not find his house, they each send him on his way with good cheer and small gifts."--
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It's Eid al-Adha, and Sami wants to celebrate. But this year is different after his grandfather's passing. A touching picture book about kindness towards others.
Sami worries that the Eid al-Adha carnival won't be as fun without Dede (his grandfather), who died recently. Sami's grandmother sends him one of Dede's ties, and Sami vows to never take it off.
After going to the mosque for Eid prayer, Sami's family stop at the shelter where Baba and...
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Stigma is everywhere, from mistrust of unhoused people to discrimination based on weight. Having and discussing mental health challenges has been stigmatized for years until recently when high-profile actors, athletes, and professionals started to share their experiences. Where do these ideas come from and how are they perpetuated in our society? Readers will learn how to stop the spread of stereotypes and prejudice. Informational text on how to identify...
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What Harry Potter did for magic, Max Einstein does for kids' imaginations! #1 bestselling author James Patterson has written the first and only children's adventure novel officially approved by the Albert Einstein Archives.
Max Einstein is not your typical genius. She...
-Hacks the computer system at NYU to attend classes
-Builds inventions to help the homeless
-And talks to Albert Einstein! (Okay that's just in her imagination)
But everything changes...
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