Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Communities"
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Approaches to Environmental Justice: Best Practices in Community Organizing and Collaboration
This paper examines specific cases, conducted on three documented instances of environmental injustice to explore the ways in which communities organized to promote environmental equity. The first case deals with environmental ... -
A Literary Approach to the Philosophy of Philanthropy
This capstone is a philosophical and literary exploration of the motivations behind philanthropy in the context of Robert Goodin's philosophy on the matter. It is not intended as an empirical rejection of the institution; ... -
Released But Not Freed: The Impact of Incarceration on Post-Release Employment
This paper focuses on the disparate access to the labor market for incarcerated males of low socioeconomic status, as this is the overwhelming majority of the prison population. The very presence of incarceration, compounded ... -
Social Capital and Poverty: A Community-Based Approach
In the course of this paper I will expand on the moral obligation of enhancing social capital as a means of addressing poverty, examine the resources of social networks that can build social capital and help reduce poverty, ...