Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Title
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Exclusionary Zoning and Justice: Concentrated Disadvantage, Intergenerational Poverty, Persistent Legality
Zoning laws—laws that govern what can and cannot be done with land in America—are found in nearly every major US city. First adopted in 1916 by New York City, they were a way for cities to regulate the exposure of their ... -
Execution Workers Mental Health Policy Recommendation
Conversations around the Death Penalty often focus on its morality and concepts such as retribution and deterrence. This paper considers the people who perform executions and how their work impacts them. Execution workers ... -
Expanding Immigrant Access to Welfare: A Moral Obligation
Immigrants who arrive in the United States illegally have no access to federal benefits at all, relying mostly on charity and emergency health care services. The proposed reform, however, would move many of these illegal ... -
Expanding the Effects of "The Great Equalizer": Schools as Health Centers in Low-Access Rural Communities
Poor children in rural communities face numerous barriers to health care access. School-based health centers (SBHCs) are a potential solution to health care access disparities and may have larger effects on health outcomes ... -
The Expansion of Tayssir CCT Program: Increasing Girls' Secondary Educational Attainment in Rural Morocco
This paper examines ways in which the conditional cash transfer program Tayssir can help increase girls' secondary school attainment in rural areas of Morocco. Currently, the Tayssir program only targets children at the ... -
The Exploitation of Legal, Temporary Workers in the United States
The population of legal temporary workers has fluctuated at different points in U.S. history, but their work conditions have remained almost universally abysmal. Historical patterns of employer behavior and political policy ... -
Exploring Challenges to Nonprofit Engagement in Advocacy
Existing literature on nonprofit advocacy focuses on which environmental or organizational factors influence whether nonprofits engage in advocacy, as well as whether their advocacy influences change. This paper explores ... -
Exploring Community Trends in Juvenile Justice
This study examines the need and effectiveness of alternative rehabilitative services for juvenile delinquents in the Rockbridge County school system and juvenile justice system. We believe that juvenile delinquency has ... -
Exploring Obesity In Rockbridge County
Obesity as an illness is misunderstood. The common misconception is that obesity is an individual's problem and that obesity stems only from irresponsible nutrition. Evidence reveals that the reality of obesity as a disease ... -
Exploring the Implications of the Informal Sector: Drawing on Personal Experiences in Ghana and Research on Peru
Ultimately, the informal sector refers to the individuals and organizations that operate outside the scope of the legal system. Because the informal sector does not have strict entry barriers, essentially anyone can ... -
Fair Opportunity in Affordable Housing: How the Judicial Remedy in Gautreaux Informed Antipoverty Policy
We should be particularly concerned with relative deprivation in fair housing—the differences between the ghetto and the suburbs—because relativity shows us how inequalities prevent full participation in society.13 According ... -
Family Formation Among Single Mothers in Jamaica
Teenage pregnancy in Jamaica is a development issue because its effects are felt in every facet of the society. The mother’s ability to care for her child both financially and emotionally is severely limited. The effects ... -
Fatherlessness, A Look at One of America's Most Pervasive Social Problems
Despite the increasing prevalence and negative consequences associated with fatherlessness in America, very few policies or community resources have been effectively dispatched to combat this social issue. However, after ... -
Felony Disenfranchisement
In this paper I will take an in-depth look at the impact of felony disenfranchisement on the poor and more specifically on the African American community. The paper will focus on the current felony disenfranchisement law, ... -
Financial Education as a Means of Reducing Poverty
Low-income families face many barriers to financial well-being. It is necessary that these barriers be addressed, or they will continue to prevent financial stability. There are many issues that plague low-income families, ... -
Financial Exclusion and Banking Participation of America's Working Poor
The highly developed financial system of the U.S. continues to exclude and fail millions of American households -- many of whom are disproportionately low-income and are in need of inclusive banking services the most. This ... -
Flood Control and Poverty: Phillips County, AR and Guyana
Each year global estimates of homelessness, deaths, economic loss and other effects can be analyzed. Throughout these analyses, it is clear that the most vulnerable populations are the world's poorest communities. Structurally ... -
Following Through: America, Britain, and the Rhetorical Drive from Welfare to Work
Sharing a similar cultural, sociological, and legal background, the United States and the United Kingdom provide one another with an opportunity for comparison and reflection. In the specific arena of public assistance, ... -
Food Freedom: Combatting Paternalism in SNAP
The purpose of this paper was to state the case that we ought not to restrict sugar-sweetened beverages from SNAP because it would be ineffective, stigmatizing, paternalistic, and would violate human capabilities. Moving ... -
Foster Care Youth and Education
In my research paper I will focus on education for youth in the foster care system. First, I will discuss the history of the foster care system and outline the protocol of the child welfare system and how a child moves ...