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“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 ...
Business Development and the Revitalization of Underdeveloped Local Economies
(2002)
Predictable historical patterns have allowed poverty and associated social problems to dominate many economically underdeveloped communities. Intervening with prevailing free-market forces can help to reverse the cycle ...
Gatekeeping Between Government and Religion: Faith-Based Initiative Competition and Supervision
(2003)
Communities of the world’s major religions have always incorporated care for others into their central teachings. Politicians have recently seized upon the relative success of these faith-based organizations’ services. ...
Zero Hunger: President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's Bold Reform of Public Assistance in Brazil
(2009)
This paper seeks to better understand the existing programs that comprise Fome Zero and how the current programs have positively impacted the impoverished in Brazil. Because of the program's weaknesses, this paper also ...
Rockbridge Area Credit Study 2010 A broad assessment of financial issues facing low-income individuals in Rockbridge County and recommendations for new policies and practices
(2010)
This study seeks to identify the most significant financial issues facing low-income individuals in Rockbridge County and to suggest solutions that can be implemented to solve the problems identified. We have compiled data ...
Stuck on the Streets, But in Hope of a Home: The Long-Term Homeless
(2010)
One of the most extreme forms of modern-day poverty in the United States, homelessness has been steadily increasing in urban prevalence since the 1970's.1 Although many people admit that homelessness is a problem in many ...
An Unlikely Opposition: Examining Political Threats to the American Welfare State
(2012)
. . . the paper opens with a consideration of the harms of a political trend hostile to government social spending. Based on evidence from the current U.S. model as well as European welfare states, I assume that government ...