Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Subject "Public welfare"
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America's Food Crisis and Poverty: How U.S. Agricultural Policy Hurts the Poor the Most
The U.S. has reached a point where its partiality to commodity crops has created new demarcations of class. The rich produce cheap foods eaten by the poor, who are generally overweight. These foods are bad for health, and ... -
Analyzing the Underclass: American Values, Normative Functions, and Implications for Research and Policy
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 ... -
Anti-Poverty Policy and Race: The Need for Policy to Recognize the Continuing Significance of Race
The goal of this paper is multifaceted. Through a historical examination of poverty and government response, some beliefs about the causes of and solutions to poverty will be explored. The paper will then turn to the ... -
A Case for the Universal Basic Income
The current system of distribution in the United States is unjust and degrading. The wealthy have not merited their incomes and the poor are not deserving of their situations. People, especially the poor, do not have the ... -
Divided Bias: Media Framing of Healthcare in the 2016 Presidential Campaign
When it comes to healthcare, news organizations have the ability to influence the American public based on framing of the issues which can then affect policy. After first reviewing the background of the issues, this paper ... -
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients -- An Examination of Policies and their Implications
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 ... -
Effects of 1996 on Immigration and Immigrant Policy Reforms on Legal Permanent Residents
Essentially, PRWORA [Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act] promised to decrease welfare spending by $55 billion over five years, limit welfare receipt to two years after which time recipients ... -
Equal Access to Services: Investigating Access to Food among the Rockbridge Area's Latino Population
This paper compares and contrasts qualitative data and quantitative data regarding residents of Rockbridge County, Lexington (city), and Buena Vista (city), Virginia, which constitutes the Rockbridge area. The qualitative ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Hugo Chávez's Anti-Poverty Legacy: A Complicated Case
This paper aims to assess the positive and negative legacies of Chávez's anti-poverty policies and their future in a nation on the brink of resource exhaustion and political deterioration. It will first provide a review ... -
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; ... -
"Misiones": Social Programs of the Bolivarian Revolutionary Government of Venezuela as a Development Model for Alleviating Poverty
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 ... -
The National Housing Trust Fund: A Christian Ethical Defense
This paper argues that the National Housing Trust Fund (NHTF) effectively addresses the rental housing shortage for extremely low income (ELI) households and moreover, is compatible with Evangelical Christian moral arguments. ... -
Protestants and the Poor: How Religiosity Affects Support for Social Welfare Policy
This article first examines the question: Does degree of religiosity affect support for social welfare policy among Protestants and Catholics, and does this effect change over time? I first review various theoretical ... -
Rethinking Income Guarantees: Proposal for a Tiered Income Maintenance Program in the United States
Accordingly, this paper pursues the defense of a tiered income maintenance scheme in earnest and proceeds as follows. First, it outlines Philippe Van Parijs's iteration of a basic income and steps through the economic and ...