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The Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions for 2016 provides accessible insights into some of the most pressing social problems in the United States and proposes public policy responses to those problems. Written by a highly respected team of authors brought together by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), it offers recommendations for action by elected officials, policy makers, and the public around key issues for social justice, including...
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Pleinement ancrées à gauche, les idées qu'Elio Di Rupo émet témoignent d'une ferme détermination à ne pas accepter la société telle qu'elle est. Il est convaincu qu'il est possible de réveiller la démocratie et d'offrir des perspectives d'émancipation et d'autonomie aux citoyens, en particulier aux jeunes. Il promeut l'écosocialisme et l'individualisation des droits sociaux. Il entend lier les salaires à l'utilité sociale d'un emploi,...
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A lo largo de los últimos dos siglos y medio se produjeron las principales conquistas emancipatorias de la ciudadanía moderna: igualdad ante la ley (siglo XVIII), participación política (siglo XIX) y derechos sociales (siglo XX). Pero a cada una de estas conquistas le siguió una furiosa ola de reacciones conservadoras tan influyentes social y culturalmente como las propias reformas contra las que se levantaban.
En este verdadero clásico de las...
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World, our country, its citizens and people in power; divided we stand, unable to solve the social problems that plague us. Politically and socially, we are stuck on a Rodent wheel (guinea pig), going round and round with no end in sight. We and politicians list the problems, blame the other party, compound the problems by kicking it to the next election cycle and then to the future generations. Treating a patient for an illness a doctor, often hurts...
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In the five years since the first edition of Injustice there have been devastating increases in poverty, hunger and destitution in the UK. Globally, the richest 1% have never held a greater share of world wealth, while the share of most of the other 99% has fallen in the last five years, with more and more people in debt, especially the young. Economic inequalities will persist and continue to grow for as long as we tolerate the injustices which underpin...
47) Ignorance
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As a universal experience school provokes strongly-held opinions. The views of teachers, parents, pupils compete with those of educational theorists, social engineers and ideologues. Although undoubtedly much improved since the time of Beveridge, the provision of education remains beset with challenges. Sally Tomlinson's engaging, and at times personal, journey through Britain's postwar experience of schooling and education reform draws on her many...
48) Idleness
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UK workers are stuck in a low-pay, low-productivity rut, with far too many people working in poor quality, insecure jobs, with little training or chance of getting on. Katy Jones and Ashwin Kumar question the mantra that "work is the best way out of poverty" and examine the in-work poverty that now defines employment for many.
The state's engagement with people out of work is shown to ignore the needs of lone parents and disabled people, and has...
49) Squalor
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British society is increasingly divided into the haves and the have-nots. Housing epitomizes this division with spiralling rents, exorbitant prices, lack of council provision, poorly maintained stock, and polluted cities with ever decreasing green space. Daniel Renwick and Robbie Shilliam provide a recent history of squalor culminating in the Grenfell Tower fire. In doing so they reveal a profound political failure to provide fair and just solutions...
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The specialisation, knowledge and innovation brought about by universities often play a key role for the economic success of cities and regions. Yet higher education is also increasingly regarded, in some European countries and regions, as an economic sector in itself, whereby the measure of success lies in the ability to attract international students and set up international partnerships. Universities need therefore to find successful strategies...
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An informed and erudite look at the current state of the American healthcare system from former Governor Richard D. Lamm and political economist Andy Sharma, including: Will the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation bankrupt our healthcare services? What does the impending healthcare reform mean for the nation? Does the US still have the best healthcare system in the world?
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, advocates of legal abortion mostly used the term rights when describing their agenda. But, after Roe v. Wade, their determination to develop a respectable, non-confrontational movement encouraged many of them to use the word choice-an easier concept for people weary of various rights movements. At first, the distinction in language didn't seem to make much difference-the law seemed to guarantee both. But, in the...
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President Obama has laid the groundwork for an unprecedented centralization of education policy under the guise of promoting educational innovation, accountability, and improved student achievement. In reality, Obama's new national standards, curricula, and testing – in addition to huge spending commitments by the federal government ¬– shift the policymaking power from individuals and communities to the federal bureaucracy. In this Broadside,...
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Social innovation has become a prominent theme in discussions of social policy reform across the world. This book examines why social innovation is important to social policy analysis. It discusses the theoretical and policy context of this concept; its origin and background; why it has emerged to prominence in recent years and how it has been applied. The book relates social innovation to key debates and issues in social policy. These include competing...
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Diversity. Inclusiveness. Equality.-ubiquitous words in 21st-century political and social life. But how do those who police the limits of acceptable discourse employ these as verbal weapons to browbeat their often hapless fellows into having a "real conversation"? How do these terms function as mere doublespeak for the expectation of full-scale capitulation to the views of "right-thinking people"? Those who have long been afraid to touch the issues...
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A New Era in U.S. Health Care demystifies the Affordable Care Act for unfamiliar readers, setting an agenda for lawmakers and the health industry alike. It focuses on four key issues that will determine the success of this 2010 legislation: the use of state-run Medicaid programs to expand access to insurance; the implementation process; the creation of health insurance exchanges; and the introduction of a new organizational form, accountable care...
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Frequent media reports alert us to the dangers environmental chemicals may pose for human health. Each new warning generates an almost predictable debate: Interventionists demand stricter government regulations. Pragmatists counter that the costs of such controls are much greater than the benefits. Skeptics question the scientific validity of the alleged danger, and the cautious wonder if uncertainty can excuse failing to protect the public health....
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Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent – healthcare, education, pensions, benefits – is the centre of political and public debate. Much of that debate is dominated by the myth that the population divides into those who benefit from the welfare state and those who pay into it – 'skivers' and 'strivers', 'them' and 'us'. This ground-breaking book, written by one of the UK's leading social...
60) American Coyotes
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Frank "Pache" Pachecano, a former ICE detective in Texas, has been tapped by female FBI special agent Aitana Garcia, to help solve the murder of a ten year old girl in Miami. The government of the United States had recently enacted the Disabled Children's Immigration Act, which said any disabled child under the age of twelve, who was found on North American soil illegally, could enter a DCI program and receive a full American citizenship at the age...
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