Social Issues & Processes

''It''s a very short trip from the limousine seat to the curb.'' Jim Mann never missed a payroll for the dozen men who worked for his flourishing ...

The current moment faced by the microfinance field reflects the opening lines from Charles Dickens'' A Tale of Two Cities: It was the best of time...

This book presents edited and revised versions of most of the papers presented at the First International Conference on Sustainable Alternatives fo...

Does everyone in the US have an equal chance to make it ? What explains the enduring power of racism and sexism? How does our sociopolitical syste...

Through a rich mix of essays, memoirs, and poetry, the contributors to The Poverty and Education Reader bring to the fore the schooling experiences...

Despite an overhaul in the 1990s, the American welfare system remains with a business model focused on the bottom line. Crafted by male-dominate...

Through a rich mix of essays, memoirs, and poetry, the contributors to The Poverty and Education Reader bring to the fore the schooling experiences...

How many times have you walked by homeless people and pretended not to notice them? B. J. Lacasse, photographer and author of The Street, decided t...

As outlined by Suman Bery in his Foreword to this volume: in India, the Public Distribution System (PDS) continues to be a major instru-ment for en...

Linda Tirado knows from experience what it is to be poor, to struggle to make ends meet. She has worked all hours as a food service worker in a cha...

The origin of rural poverty is complex and multidimensional. Some aspects of this origin include culture, climate, gender, markets, and public poli...

By the late 19th century and the early 20th century, there were at least nineteen large and small areas, streets or neighbourhoods that were declar...

Comprising contributions from eminent scholars, the volume provides critical insights into infrastructure governance from different anglespolicy ma...

Over the past few decades poverty has emerged as a global problem and a global agenda item in need of action. For that reason, the United Nations m...

Farm businesses'''' debt-use decisions can affect their growth and survival, as well as the economic vitality of farm-dependent rural communities. ...