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Ending Extreme Inequality An Economic Bill of Rights to Eliminate Poverty

Myers-Lipton Scott
Heftet / 2015 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781612057279
Publisert
2015-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
200

Forfatter
Myers-Lipton Scott

Biographical note

Scott Myers-Lipton, Associate Professor at San Jose State University, is the author of Social Solutions to Poverty: America's Struggle to Build a Just Society (Paradigm 2006), as well as numerous scholarly articles on civic engagement, education, and racism. For the past 20 years, Myers-Lipton has helped students examine solutions to poverty by taking them to live at homeless shelters, the Navajo and Lakota nations, Kingston, Jamaica and the Gulf Coast. He is also the cofounder of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign. He is the recipient of the Mover of Mountains Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara County and the Manuel Vega Latino Empowerment Award. He lives with his wife, Diane, and his two children, in the Santa Cruz mountains, where they are the proprietors of the Sequoia Retreat Center, a meeting space dedicated to individual and social transformation. Catalog Author Bio Scott Myers-Lipton, Associate Professor at San Jose State University, is the author of Social Solutions to Poverty: America's Struggle to Build a Just Society (Paradigm 2006), as well as numerous scholarly articles on civic engagement, education, and racism.

Ending Extreme Inequality An Economic Bill of Rights to Eliminate Poverty

Myers-Lipton Scott
Heftet / 2015 / Engelsk
Myers-Lipton Scott
Heftet / 2015 / Engelsk
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<p><strong>"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the growing problems of inequality and poverty who is seeking realistic options for what can be done about it. <i>Ending Extreme Inequality </i>is a refreshing look at the problems of inequality and poverty in the U.S. that offers viable solutions in an easy-to-read and engaging way."—</strong> <em>Dr. Clayton D. Peoples, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno</em></p>

Poverty and inequality are at record levels. Today, forty-seven million Americans live in poverty, while the median is in decline. The top 20 percent now controls 89 percent of all wealth. These conditions have renewed demands for a new economic Bill of Rights, an idea proposed by F. D. Roosevelt, Truman and Martin Luther King, Jr. The new Economic Bill of Rights has a coherent plan and proclaims that all Americans have the right to a job, a living wage, a decent home, adequate medical care, good education, and adequate protection from economic fears of unemployment, sickness and old age. Integrating the latest economic and social data, Ending Extreme Inequality explores each of these rights. Each chapter includes: an analysis of the social problems surrounding each right; a historical overview of the attempts to right these wrongs; and assessments of current solutions offered by citizens, community groups and politicians. These contemporary, real-life solutions to inequality can inspire students and citizens to become involved and open pathways toward a more just society.
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A resounding call for a new Economic Bill of Rights to combat increasing poverty and economic bifurcation
Chapter 1 The Right to a Job; Chapter 2 The Right to a Living Wage; Chapter 3 The Right to a Decent Home; Chapter 4 The Right to a Good Education; Chapter 5 The Right to Adequate Medical Care; Chapter 6 The Right to Adequate Protection from Economic Fears of Old Age, Sickness, Accident, and Unemployment; epi Epilogue;
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<p><strong>"This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the growing problems of inequality and poverty who is seeking realistic options for what can be done about it. <i>Ending Extreme Inequality </i>is a refreshing look at the problems of inequality and poverty in the U.S. that offers viable solutions in an easy-to-read and engaging way."—</strong> <em>Dr. Clayton D. Peoples, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno</em></p>

Poverty and inequality are at record levels. Today, forty-seven million Americans live in poverty, while the median is in decline. The top 20 percent now controls 89 percent of all wealth. These conditions have renewed demands for a new economic Bill of Rights, an idea proposed by F. D. Roosevelt, Truman and Martin Luther King, Jr. The new Economic Bill of Rights has a coherent plan and proclaims that all Americans have the right to a job, a living wage, a decent home, adequate medical care, good education, and adequate protection from economic fears of unemployment, sickness and old age. Integrating the latest economic and social data, Ending Extreme Inequality explores each of these rights. Each chapter includes: an analysis of the social problems surrounding each right; a historical overview of the attempts to right these wrongs; and assessments of current solutions offered by citizens, community groups and politicians. These contemporary, real-life solutions to inequality can inspire students and citizens to become involved and open pathways toward a more just society.
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A resounding call for a new Economic Bill of Rights to combat increasing poverty and economic bifurcation
Chapter 1 The Right to a Job; Chapter 2 The Right to a Living Wage; Chapter 3 The Right to a Decent Home; Chapter 4 The Right to a Good Education; Chapter 5 The Right to Adequate Medical Care; Chapter 6 The Right to Adequate Protection from Economic Fears of Old Age, Sickness, Accident, and Unemployment; epi Epilogue;
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781612057279
Publisert
2015-04-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
200

Forfatter
Myers-Lipton Scott

Biographical note

Scott Myers-Lipton, Associate Professor at San Jose State University, is the author of Social Solutions to Poverty: America's Struggle to Build a Just Society (Paradigm 2006), as well as numerous scholarly articles on civic engagement, education, and racism. For the past 20 years, Myers-Lipton has helped students examine solutions to poverty by taking them to live at homeless shelters, the Navajo and Lakota nations, Kingston, Jamaica and the Gulf Coast. He is also the cofounder of the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign. He is the recipient of the Mover of Mountains Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara County and the Manuel Vega Latino Empowerment Award. He lives with his wife, Diane, and his two children, in the Santa Cruz mountains, where they are the proprietors of the Sequoia Retreat Center, a meeting space dedicated to individual and social transformation. Catalog Author Bio Scott Myers-Lipton, Associate Professor at San Jose State University, is the author of Social Solutions to Poverty: America's Struggle to Build a Just Society (Paradigm 2006), as well as numerous scholarly articles on civic engagement, education, and racism.

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