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16 produkter
Poverty of Welfare Reform
Häftad, 1995
382 kr
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Once again, America is getting tough on welfare. Democrats and Republicans at both the national and state levels seem to have agreed that paying public funds to the poor—particularly to single mothers and their children—perpetuates dependency and undermines self-sufficiency and the work ethic.In …
We the Poor People
Work, Poverty, and Welfare
Av Joel F. Handler, Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Häftad, 1997
510 kr
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Current welfare reforms—including recently enacted federal legislation—are largely symbolic politics, argue two experts in this important new book. According to Joel F. Handler and Yeheskel Hasenfeld, the real problem we face is not the spread of welfare but the spread of poverty among the working …
Public Interest Law
An Economic and Institutional Analysis
Av Neil K. Komesar, Joel F. Handler m. fl.
E-bok, 1978
446 kr
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What is public interest law? How effective is it? What are the limits to litigation as a mechanism for conflict resolution? In this study, economists, lawyers, and sociologists evaluate an institutional form that is new to American society and, indeed, to the world--the public interest law (PIL) …
Social Citizenship and Workfare in the United States and Western Europe
The Paradox of Inclusion
Häftad, 2004
762 kr
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This book compares workfare policies in the United States and 'active labor policies' in Western Europe that are aimed primarily at the long-term unemployed, unemployed youth, lone parents, immigrants and other vulnerable groups often referred to collectively as the 'socially excluded'. The …
Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality
Av Joel F. Handler, Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Häftad, 2006
644 kr
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With the passage of the 1996 welfare reform, not only welfare, but poverty and inequality have disappeared from the political discourse. The decline in the welfare rolls has been hailed as a success. This book challenges that assumption. It argues that while many single mothers left welfare, they …
Blame Welfare, Ignore Poverty and Inequality
Av Joel F. Handler, Yeheskel Hasenfeld
Inbunden, 2006
1333 kr
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With the passage of the 1996 welfare reform, not only welfare, but poverty and inequality have disappeared from the political discourse. The decline in the welfare rolls has been hailed as a success. This book challenges that assumption. It argues that while many single mothers left welfare, they …
Hard Labor
Av Joel F. Handler, Jay D White
Inbunden, 1998
2124 kr
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An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping …
Hard Labor
Av Joel F. Handler, Jay D White
Häftad, 1998
485 kr
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An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping …
Hard Labor
Av Jay D White, Joel F. Handler
E-bok, 2019
572 kr
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An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping …
Hard Labor
Av Jay D White, Joel F. Handler
E-bok, 2019
572 kr
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An in-depth view of the world of low-wage women workers, this expert presentation by authors actively involved in the field provides a realistic picture of the women and the issues as well as suggested strategies and innovations. The book covers a wide range of topics, including getting and keeping …
Down from Bureaucracy
The Ambiguity of Privatization and Empowerment
E-bok, 1996
856 kr
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Throughout the world, politicians are dismantling state enterprises and heaping praise on private markets, while in the United States a new rhetoric of "citizen empowerment" links a widespread distrust of government to decentralization and privatization. Here Joel Handler asks whether this …
Coercive Social Worker
British Lessons for American Social Services
E-bok, 2014
367 kr
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The Coercive Social Worker: British Lessons for American Social Services focuses on the role of social services in public departments of welfare, with emphasis on the enormous power of the social worker to impose the casework plan on the client. It explains how traditional social work theory …
Protecting the Social Service Client
Legal and Structural Controls on Official Discretion
Av Joel F. Handler, Robert H. Haveman
E-bok, 2014
327 kr
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Protecting the Social Service Client: Legal and Structural Controls on Official Discretion examines the treatment of clients of public and private social service agencies and highlights the role of consumer protection in dealing with the existence and abuse of administrative discretion. Of …
Last Resorts
Emergency Assistance and Special Needs Programs in Public Welfare
Av Michael Sosin, Joel F. Handler
E-bok, 2013
789 kr
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Last Resorts: Emergency Assistance and Special Needs Programs in Public Welfare studies the implementation of emergencies and special needs programs in the United States welfare system. The book examines the balance that is reached between individualized and standardized treatment to meet …
