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Shortchanged
Every day, this alluring come-on entices unsuspecting consumers into the depths of the fringe economya parallel economic universe of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, and …
Shortchanged
Shortchanged takes an uncompromising look at the corporate vultures that prey on America's working class. Made up of pawnshops, payday lenders, check cashers, credit card …
A Dream Deferred
From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, …
Shortchanged
“An eye-opening read in the school of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickel & Dimed . . . shines a bright light on the economy’s darker side.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) Drive …
Failing Universities
Higher education in the US is increasingly being based on a corporate model. This book examines the corporatized industry of American higher education, providing a comprehensive …
Reconstructing the American Welfare State
There is widespread agreement that the American welfare state is in crisis. Derived piecemeal from the New Deal, the welfare state is faced with numerous problems, including severe …
Social Workers and Labor Unions
Although the relationship between social work and organized labor dates from the turn of the century, labor union membership has only been open to social workers since the late …
Dream Deferred
From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, …
Politics of Child Abuse in America
Child abuse policy in the United States contains dangerous contradictions, which have only intensified as the public slowly accepted it as a middle class problem. One contradiction …
The Politics of Child Abuse in America
The recent surge in reports of child abuse has led Costin, Karger, and Stoesz to examine whether our current responses to the problem are adequate. In this book they trace the …
The Sentinels of Order
Contrary to popular misconceptions, not all settlement house communities were bastions of progressive reform or populated with personalities such as Jane Addams, Robert Hunter, …
American Social Welfare Policy
For courses in Social Welfare Policy. Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged …