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Update on LBJ's 'War on Poverty'

economy (Grier and Jonsson, 2004). These days, some of the programs continue - one of them being Medicare (Grier and Jonsso...

Sponsorship of the Olympics and Social Issues

main advantage to sponsoring sports events is that the sponsorship can and should be used as a "catalyst for building corporate im...

Poverty and Social Work

The Charity Organization Society quickly became a model by which many other charitable organizations were modeled and developed (T...

Poverty and Welfare Policy

result had a devastating effect on the poor. For example, private enterprises shipped their labor overseas, reducing the already s...

Juvenile Crime and Poverty Connection

a greater chance of juvenile delinquency within these poor neighborhoods because the children have fewer life chances. Another obv...

United Kingdom's Asian Community Housing Needs

was and is true in all areas of housing, from social housing and private rented areas to more affluent privately owned up market a...

Situational and Generational Poverty According to Ruby Payne

habit, it becomes cyclical (Payne, 2001). 2. Situational where poverty is sudden and brought on by an event, such as a divorce, lo...

The UK's Social Exclusion Unit and Child Poverty

within flourishing communities. As Toynbee (2004) notes, without including all the indicators of social inclusion in the broader p...

U.S. Federal Poverty Line

In eight pages this paper discusses what is meant by the poverty line and what it actually measures for the federal government. F...

Racial and Urban Policy Economics Issues

In six pages racial issues and their impact upon the economic conditions associated with urban poverty are discussed. Eight sourc...

Amazing Grace by Jonathan Kozol

In five pages this paper discusses the culture of poverty within the context of this 1995 book by Jonathan Kozol. Eight sources a...

Culture of Poverty

In seven pages this paper examines the 'culture of poverty' as defined by Oscar Lewis and considered by theorists Charles Murray a...

Problems and Solutions Regarding Poverty

In twelve pages this paper discusses poverty in an overview of the problems connected with it and suggestions regarding possible s...

Macro, Molecular, and Micro Levels of Depression Analysis

have been making the connection for some time now between depression and the death of astrocytes, noting that the astrocytes -- be...

Rosa Lee by Leon Dash

In five pages this paper discusses this sociology text in a consideration of the author's featured case study that considers how c...

Sub Saharan Africa and Slow Economic Growth Causes

In five pages this paper examines the sub Saharan region in a consideration of poverty levels and slowed economic growth. Five so...

Exploitation of the State and the Perspectives of Karl Marx

In seven pages this paper examines how Marx's philosophy describes the exploitation of the state in such writings as 'Value, Price...

Not by Bread Alone by Melissa Caldwell

the society of post-socialist/communist Russia. One of her focuses involves a feud between a couple of the "regulars" at t...

India's Economic Status

In fifteen pages this report considers the economic status of India and considers such concerning issues as historical precedence,...

Graphs and Poverty Figures

In seven pages this paper discusses poverty figures in a consideration of global and U.S. level measurements. Four sources are li...

Jonathan Kozol and Gregory Baum on Blindness and Sin

reality, and in other ways a very powerful reality. For example, we could ourselves commit such a sin, even those of us who are so...

Urban Economics and Politics

of the southern states black families received lower benefits than white families and many received no benefits at all, no matter ...

City Life, Homelessness, Race, and Sociology

In twenty five pages this paper examines issues of race, urban life, gender, and poverty from the sociological perspectives of Ell...

Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, and England's Poor Relief Efforts

In eleven pages this paper discusses sixteenth and seventeenth English poverty in a consideration of the poor relief efforts initi...

Should One Support the Other in a Society of Absolute Affluence and Absolute Poverty?

In five pages the writer argues that people of absolute affluence should support those members of society languishing in absolute ...

An Old Testament Lesson Plan

This paper consisting of ten pages describes how to teach adults Old Testament theology in a Sunday school environment and conside...

Causative Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Organism

In six pages this paper examines this tuberculosis organism in a consideration of causes, contributing factors, vaccines, and the ...

Sociological and Economic Considerations for the European Union

In thirteen pages this research paper examines the EU in terms of its advantages, pros and cons regarding economics, and sociologi...

Economic Justice and Poverty

In five pages this paper examines poverty and economic justice from libertarian and utilitarian perspectives with theories by Jovi...

John Maynard Keynes and Adam Smith on Poverty

The poverty perspectives of Smith and Keynes are contrasted and compared in eight pages. Eight sources are cited in the bibliogra...