Articles

Donna M. Goldstein challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty." Drawing on more than a decade of experience in Brazil, Goldstein... 
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Race relations | Marginality, Social | Poor | Violence | Slums | Sex | Humor | Brazil | Anthropology | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Race relations | Physiological aspects | Mental healing | Altered states of consciousness | Shamanism

Moral and ethical aspects | Poverty

Donna M. Goldstein presents a hard-hitting critique of urban poverty and violence and challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty"... 
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Race relations | Poor | Marginality, Social | Violence | Slums | Sex | Humor | Brazil | Anthropology | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) | Race relations

Examines the issue of hunger in America and proposes new solutions to the problem. 
Food supply | Hunger

At no time in history, and certainly in no other democratic society, have prisons been filled so quickly and to such capacity than in the United States. And... 
Social Studies | Imprisonment | Sociology, Social Studies | social theory | Urban poor | Social problems | Social aspects | United States | Removal | Disadvantaged neighborhoods | Children | Incarceration | Impoverished places | Community justice

This book provides geographic perspectives and approaches for use in assessing the distribution of environmental health hazards and disease outcomes among... 
Medicine: General Issues | Environmental health | Health Geography | Governance - Politics & International Relations | Sustainable Development | Politics & International Relations | Poverty Areas | Health and race | Poor | Medical geography

Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies -- after all, his father's been... 
African American Muslims | X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 Childhood and youth | Black Muslims | African Americans | Juvenile delinquents | Conversion | Social conditions

Ethiopia’s model for delivering basic services appears to be succeeding and to confirm that services improve when service providers are more accountable to... 
Economic assistance, Domestic | Services for | Poor | Basic needs | Economics | Mathematical models | Macroeconomics | TEACHER COSTS | GENDER DIFFERENCES | DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES | SERVICE DELIVERY | PHYSICIANS | PRIMARY ENROLLMENT | AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION | WASTE | HEALTH SECTOR | CROPS | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | NET ENROLLMENT | OFFICEHOLDERS | ECONOMIC GROWTH | STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT | BASIC EDUCATION | ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | TRIAL | POLICY DIALOGUE | HEALTH WORKERS | PREGNANCIES | HEALTH SERVICES | RESOURCE FLOWS | MALARIA | PRIMARY LEVEL | NATIONAL LEVEL | DISASTERS | MORTALITY | PATIENTS | TUBERCULOSIS | HOSPITALS | FAMILY HEALTH | SCHOOLS | TELEVISION | LEARNING MATERIALS | CIVIL SOCIETY | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | SANITATION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | SOCIAL IMPACT | DECISION MAKING | PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO | EXTENSION WORKERS | ENROLLMENT RATES | DEMOCRACY | LOCAL GOVERNMENTS | LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT | FIRST AID | CHILD HEALTH | PRIMARY HEALTH CARE | DEVELOPMENT PLANNING | TEACHERS | GENDER INEQUALITIES | PRIMARY EDUCATION | HEALTH OUTCOMES | MIDWIFE | CONTRACEPTIVE USE | HYGIENE | MATERNAL HEALTH | MEDICINES | NATURAL DISASTER | AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES | BASIC SERVICE | FAMILIES | POLITICIANS | CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS | NET ENROLLMENT RATIO | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT | HEALTH INTERVENTIONS | INFANT | USE OF CONTRACEPTION | QUALITY SERVICES | EDUCATION EXPENDITURE | HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS | TEACHER ABSENTEEISM | DISCRETION | ETHNIC COMPOSITION | PRIMARY SCHOOL | FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | PROCUREMENT | CONTRACEPTION | PERSONAL HYGIENE | IMMUNIZATION | POOR PEOPLE | BASIC SERVICES | INITIATIVE | PROGRESS | INFORMATION SYSTEMS | CITIZEN | PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS | VITAL STATISTICS | BIRTH ATTENDANTS | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | FAMILY PLANNING | EXTENSION SERVICES | CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE | LEGAL FRAMEWORK | LOCAL AUTHORITIES | GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT | HEALTH INDICATORS | PREVENTION STRATEGIES | CITIZENS | LOW-INCOME COUNTRY | CONTRACEPTIVE ACCEPTANCE | MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL | NET INTAKE RATE | NURSES | GENDER EQUITY | HUNGER | ETHNIC GROUPS | MIDWIVES | VACCINES | LOCAL CAPACITY | AGRICULTURE | BIRTH ATTENDANT | EDUCATION OUTCOMES | REGIONAL POPULATION | WORKERS | HEALTH EDUCATION | SKILLED ATTENDANTS | DECENTRALIZATION | IMMUNIZATIONS | QUALITY OF SERVICES | MINISTRY OF HEALTH | UNIVERSAL PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION | LEADERSHIP | NUTRITION | TEACHER | AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORKERS | PUBLIC HEALTH | LITERACY TRAINING | MANDATES | PUBLIC SERVICE | WASTE DISPOSAL | DRUGS | FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS | LITERACY | INTERVENTION | FAMILY PLANNING INFORMATION | LEARNING | EDUCATION EXPENDITURES | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION | DEATH RATES | MATERNAL MORTALITY | WATER MANAGEMENT | HIV | ANTENATAL CARE | GENDER BIAS | LEGAL STATUS | MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS | RADIO | RESOURCE USE | HEALTH CENTERS | NATURAL DISASTERS | SCHOOL BUILDINGS | AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS | NUMBER OF TEACHERS | CAPACITY BUILDING | REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH | RESPECT | LIFE EXPECTANCY | CLASSROOM | LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES | POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | PUBLIC SERVICES | PLACE OF RESIDENCE | EXTENSION AGENTS | NET INTAKE | PRIMARY SCHOOL STUDENTS | PROVISION OF SERVICES | DECENTRALIZATION OF EDUCATION | SKILLED ATTENDANT | GENDER EQUALITY | SERVICE PROVISION | SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS | IMMUNODEFICIENCY | UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION | POLITICAL LEADERS | EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | URBAN CENTERS | SOCIAL WELFARE | NET ENROLLMENT RATE | CHILD MORTALITY | DEVELOPMENT OF POLICIES | PREGNANT WOMEN | NUMBER OF CHILDREN | SAFETY MEASURES | FARMERS | TRANSPARENCY | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | GENDER | REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY | QUALITY OF LIFE | TEACHING | PUBLIC EXPENDITURE | REPORT CARDS | NUMBER OF PEOPLE | VACCINATION | INFANT MORTALITY | LOCAL DEVELOPMENT | PUBLIC AWARENESS | POLICY MAKERS | ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL | GENDER ISSUES | SERVICE PROVIDERS | ECONOMICS | SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS

This book is about the political views of the 'classic' poor of London's East End in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The residents of this area have... 
Poor | East End (London, England) Politics and government | History | East End (London, England) Social conditions | social and cultural history | East End (London, England) - History - 19th century | Poor-England-London-History-20th century | Poor-England-London-History-19th century | East End (London, England)-Social conditions | East End (London, England)-Politics and government | Church of england | Conservative party | Localized community | Anti-alien agitation | Imperialism | Protectionism | Franchise laws | Poverty-induced apathy | Workplace structure | Electoral register

Economic conditions | Poor | Government policy | Suburbs

"Camden, New Jersey, with a population of 70,390, is per capita the poorest city in the nation. It is also the most dangerous. The city's real unemployment -... 
Social classes | Poor | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism | Crime | United States Social conditions

This book looks at the way we tax the poor in the United States, particularly in the American South, where poor families are often subject to income taxes, and... 
Poor | Poverty | Taxation | Anthropology | Southern States | United States

“Slow violence” from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly.... 
Commonwealth literature (English) | Ecocriticism | Postcolonialism in literature | Law | Poor | Human ecology in literature | Globalization | Developing countries | Imperialism | Environmental aspects | Environmental Science | Human security | Colonies in literature | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology | Sociology | Environmentalism in literature | Ecology in literature | History and criticism | American literature

"This is the third volume in Judson L. Jeffries's long-range effort to paint a more complete portrait of the most widely known organization to emerge from the... 
Services for | Poor | Black Panther Party History | United States Race relationsHistory | United States History, Local | African Americans | Civil rights movements | Civil rights | History | Politics and government