Globalisation and homelessness in the USA: Building a social movement to end poverty

Autor:	Elizabeth Thul, William Baptist, Richard Goldstein, Patrick Grugan, Cheri Honkala
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	Economic growth Poverty Social work media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development Welfare state Development Social protection Welfare rights Economics Basic needs Welfare media_common Social movement
Zdroj:	Development in Practice. 9:526-538
ISSN:	1364-9213 0961-4524
DOI:	10.1080/09614529952648
Popis:	The authors explore the deleterious effects of economic globalisation on people in the USA, and explain the rise of poor people's organisations as a response to these conditions. They look at the impact of economic changes in terms of public policy and argue that the global economy is preventing a growing number of people from being able to meet their basic needs, by limiting or eliminating living-wage jobs as well as welfare programmes. However, poor people in the USA are organising to end poverty, and the Kensington Welfare Rights Union is given as a case study. Finally, the authors discuss the challenges faced by social workers and how they can be most effective in the face of a dying welfare state alongside growing exploitation and exclusion of the poor.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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