The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Haymes, Stephen; Miller, Reuben; Vidal De Haymes, Maria

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Produktbeschreibung

In the United States, the causes and even the meanings of poverty are disconnected from the causes and meanings of global poverty. The Routledge Handbook of Poverty in the United States provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty with the rise of neoliberal capitalism in the context of globalization.

Reorienting its national economy towards a global logic, US domestic policies have promoted a market-based strategy of economic development and growth as the obvious solution to alleviating poverty, affecting approaches to the problem discursively, politically, economically, culturally and experientially. However, the handbook explores how rather than alleviating poverty, it has instead exacerbated poverty and pre-existing inequalities - privatizing the services of social welfare and educational institutions, transforming the state from a benevolent to a punitive state, and criminalizing poor women, racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants.

Key issues examined by the international selection of leading scholars in this volume include: income distribution, employment, health, hunger, housing and urbanization. With parts focusing on the lived experience of the poor, social justice and human rights frameworks - as opposed to welfare rights models - and the role of helping professions such as social work, health and education, this comprehensive handbook is a vital reference for anyone working with those in poverty, whether directly or at a macro level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 634
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317627395
• Artikelnr.: 42042160

Autorenporträt

Stephen Nathan Haymes , Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the College of Education and an affiliated faculty member of the Department of Peace, Justice and Conflict Studies and the Department of International Studies at DePaul University, Chicago. Professor Haymes' areas of research interest are Africana Philosophy, postcolonial theory, forced migration, and education, conflict and development. Currently, he is working on a project related to place-based education and eco-justice with displaced Afrodescendent communities and a Colombian Human Rights NGO. He serves as the co-editor of The Journal of Poverty: Innovations on Social, Political and Economic Inequalities, aquarterly peer review publication of the Taylor and Francis Group. María Vidal de Haymes , Ph.D., is a Professor in the School of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Migration and International Social Work at Loyola University Chicago. She is co-editor of the The Journal of Poverty: Innovations on Social, Political and Economic Inequalities. She teaches courses in areas of social welfare policy and migration studies and her research addresses the economic and political incorporation of Latino immigrants in the United States; the impact of migration on family relationships, roles, and functioning; forced migration; the role of faith-based organizations in the pastoral and social accompaniment of migrants; child welfare; and social work education. Reuben Jonathan Miller, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. His research, writing, and advocacy work focus on the well-being of former prisoners living in large urban settings and the ways in which criminal justice and social welfare policy are daily experienced by urban poor populations.

Inhaltsangabe

General Introduction. Section I. From the Production of Inequality to the
Production of Destitution: The U.S. Political Economy of Poverty in the Era
of Globalization Section I Introduction. Chapter 1. Beyond Coincidence: How
Neo-Liberal Policy Initiatives in the IMF and World Bank Affected US
Poverty Levels Chapter 2. The Discursive Axis of Neoliberalism: Debt,
Deficits, and Austerity Chapter 3. Deindustrialized Small Cities and
Poverty: The View From Camden Chapter 4. Transnational Factors Driving US
Inequality and Poverty Chapter 5. Globalization and the Trends in
Inequality of Poverty in the US in the Last Decade Chapter 6. The House
Always Wins: How State Lotteries Displace American Tax Burdens by Class and
Race Chapter 7. Predatory Financial Services: The High Cost of Being Poor
in America Chapter 8. Consumer Credits as a Quasi Welfare System for Failed
Neoliberals' Trickle-Down Policies Between the 1980s and 2000s Section II.
Discourses of Poverty: From the 'Culture of Poverty' to 'Surplus
Population' Section II Introduction. Chapter 9. The Problematic
Conceptualizations and Constructions of Poverty: Select Global Analysis
Chapter 10. Neoliberal Economics and Undergraduate Poverty Education
Chapter 11. The Importance of Context to the Social Processes Around
Material Hardship Chapter 12. Welfare Dependency and Poverty: Neoliberal
Rhetoric or Evidence-Informed Choice? Chapter 13. Babies as Barriers:
Welfare Policy Discourse in an Era of Neoliberalism Chapter 14. We are the
99 Percent: The Rise of Poverty and Decline of Poverty Stigma Section
III. From the Welfare State To The Neoliberal State: From Regulating to
Imprisoning the Poor Part I. Transformation of the Welfare State: Education
Section III Part I Introduction. Chapter 15. Neoliberalism and African
Americans in Higher Education Chapter 16. How Neoliberalism Subverts
Equality and Perpetuates Poverty in our Nation's Schools Chapter 17.
Invisible Students and the Issues of Online Education Chapter 18. Poverty
Reduction Through Education: An Analytical Framework for Cash Transfers for
Education Chapter 19. Students that Lag or a System that Fails?: A
Contemporary Look at the Academic Trajectory of Latino Students Chapter 20.
The New Two Tiered Education System in the United States: Expanding and
Commodifying Poverty and Inequality Part II. Transformation of the Welfare
State: Cash Transfer, Housing, Nutrition, and Health Section III Part II
Introduction. Chapter 21. Neoliberal Globalization: Social Welfare Policy
and Institutions Chapter 22. The Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) Chapter 23. Anti-Poverty
Policies and the Structure of Inequality Chapter 24. Mixed-Income
Communities and Poverty Amelioration Chapter 25. Countering Urban Poverty
Concentration in the United States: The People versus Place Debate in
Housing Policy Chapter 26. Privatizing the Housing Safety Net: Hope VI and
the Transformation of Public Housing in the U.S. Chapter 27. Poverty
De-Concentration Priorities in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Allocation
Policy: A Content Analysis of Qualified Allocation Plans Chapter 28.
Neo-Liberalism and Private Emergency Food Networks Chapter 29. Examining
Food Insecurity Among Children in the SNAP Households: Implications for
Human Rights Chapter 30. The Influence of a Neoliberal World View on Health
Care Policy Part III. Transformation of the Welfare State: Criminalizing
the Poor Section III Part III Introduction. Chapter 31. Managing the
Neoliberal City: 'Quality of Life' Policing in the 21st Century Chapter 32.
The Rise of Incarceration Among the Poor with Mental Illnesses: How
Neoliberal Policies Contribute Chapter 33. Class, Crime and Social Control
in the Contemporary United States Chapter 34. A People's History of Legal
Aid: A Brief Sketch Chapter 35. Surviving Gender-Based Violence in the
Neoliberal Era: The Role of the State in Transforming Poor Women from
Victims to Survivors Chapter 36. Systematic and Symbolic Violence as
Virtue: The Carceral Punishment of African American Girls Chapter 37. The
Paradox of Entrepreneurship as a Policy Tool for Economic Inclusion in
Neoliberal Policy Environments Section IV: Global Poverty and the Lived
Experiences of Poor Communities in the United States Section IV
Introduction. Chapter 38. Social Ties Among the Poor in a Neoliberal
Capitalist Society Chapter 39. Paths into Homelessness: An Examination of
Structural Factors Chapter 40. Examining Racial-Ethnic and Gender
Disparities in Poverty Among the Elderly Chapter 41. Ableism, Poverty and
the Under-Celebrated Resistance Chapter 42. Breaking the Silence:
Homelessness and Race Chapter 43. The Effects of Neoliberal Capitalism on
Immigration and Poverty Among Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. Chapter 44.
The Neoliberal Diet: Fattening Profits and People Chapter 45. Grounding
Grandma: A Qualitative Discussion of Home Maintenance Policies for Aging in
Community Chapter 46. Poverty, Health and Asian Non-Linearity Section V:
Organizing to Resist Neoliberal Policies and Poverty: Activism and Advocacy
Section V Introduction. Chapter 47. The Poverty of 'Poverty': Re-Mapping
Conceptual Terrain in Education and Counseling Beyond a Focus on Economic
Output Chapter 48. Legitimizing and Resisting Neoliberalism in US Community
Development: The Influential Role of Community Development Intermediaries
Chapter 49. Too Legit to Quit: Gaining Legitimacy Through Human Rights
Organizing Chapter 50. Neoliberalism, State Projects, and Migrant
Organizing Chapter 51. From the Self to the Social: Engaging Urban Youth in
Strategies for Change Chapter 52. Migrant Civil Society: Shaping Community
and Citizenship in a Time of Neoliberal Reforms Section VI: Reframing
Poverty in the Era of Globalization: Alternatives to a Neoliberal Economic
Order Section VI Introduction. Chapter 53. Creating a Sustainable Society:
Human Rights in the US Welfare State Chapter 54. Returning to the
Collective: New Approaches to Alleviating Poverty Chapter 55. Why We Cannot
All be Middle Class in America