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IMF Conditionality and the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the Poor in Developing Countries
(2008)
The policies that countries agree to follow as a condition for borrowing from the IMF have a profound impact on economic and social rights safeguarded by the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...
Analyzing the Underclass: American Values, Normative Functions, and Implications for Research and Policy
(2005)
Values, norms, morals, and ideologies impact nearly every aspect of American life. Importantly, the established, hegemonic principles that actively shape our perceptions of the world around us also inform our actions and ...
The Unrealized Promise of Goldberg v. Kelly
(2005)
Goldberg v. Kelly was an important case for welfare rights lawyers. It unquestionably gave them something to cheer about because it ensured that people like John Kelly could not lose their welfare benefits because of a ...
The Implications of Welfare Reform for Victims of Domestic Violence
(2005)
I begin with an overview of domestic violence in society as a whole and its connection with welfare. I will examine recent welfare policy, specifically TANF, and explain the ramifications it has had and continues to have ...
Race and Welfare: The Unspoken Variable
(2003)
In order to analyze racial discrimination in the distribution of government welfare benefits, one must establish whether or not such problems exists, whether and how they may be documented, whether the problem is isolated ...
Social Service Vouchers: Eliminating Poverty by Including Sectarians in a Constitutional Manner
(2003)
In the first section of the paper I will begin by describing the state of welfare at the end of the old system, then I will discuss the changes that were made to the system, and then I will discuss the system as it is set ...
“Misiones”: Social Programs of the Bolivarian Revolutionary Government of Venezuela as a development model for alleviating poverty
(2008)
Hugo Chavez’s social programs, including education, land reform, and other projects more commonly referred to as “misiones”, are some of the most progressive aspects of his government. . . . Not only do the misiones provide ...
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients -- An Examination of Policies and their Implications
(2012)
Currently, there is a popular sentiment that many people are gaming the welfare system. States are attempting to find out which people who receive welfare are “abusing the system” and remove them from the programs. A popular ...
The Privatization of Social Service Programs
(2003)
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PWRORA) represented a major shift in the national welfare system. It allows states the option of providing welfare-related services to the ...
Health, Wealth and Poverty: Why the U.S. Needs Universal Healthcare
(2002)
Among industrialized nations, twenty-eight of the twenty-nine cited by the World Health Organiztion have some form of universal healthcare. The exception is the United States. Poor people are the most likely to be uninsured ...