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The Threat Of The Wandering Poor: Welfare Parochialism And Its Impact On The Use Of Housing Mobility As An Anti-Poverty Strategy, Susan Bennett Nov 2016

The Threat Of The Wandering Poor: Welfare Parochialism And Its Impact On The Use Of Housing Mobility As An Anti-Poverty Strategy, Susan Bennett

Susan D. Bennett

This Essay discusses how, if one accepts the premises of mobility-based anti-poverty strategies, the geographical parochialism and structural rigidity of the welfare system undermine mobility goals. The Essay also examines the possibility that current trends in housing policy will undercut anti-poverty goals.

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Poverty Law 101: The Law And History Of The U.S. Welfare State, Karen M. Tani Jun 2015

Poverty Law 101: The Law And History Of The U.S. Welfare State, Karen M. Tani

Karen M. Tani

Poverty law will remain marginalized so long as we confine it to a population that we and our students understand as marginal. Tani discusses Professor Wax’s characterization of the “old welfare law framework,” as well as her account of what happened to it, and would not advocate a return to a court-centered, advocacy-oriented approach.

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Poverty Law, Policy And Practice, Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, Ezra Rosser, Jeffrey Selbin Dec 2013

Poverty Law, Policy And Practice, Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, Ezra Rosser, Jeffrey Selbin

Jeffrey Selbin

Poverty Law, Policy and Practice is the first new poverty law casebook in 17 years and only the second since 1976. With current literature from multiple viewpoints, the book provides an overview of the field, including cases, data and major government programs that map onto important theoretical, doctrinal, policy and practice questions.
The preface and table of contents are attached. The publisher's page is here: http://www.aspenlaw.com/aspen-casebook-series/id-9781454812548/poverty_law_policy__practice.

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Poverty Law, Policy And Practice, Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, Ezra Rosser, Jeffrey Selbin Dec 2013

Poverty Law, Policy And Practice, Juliet Brodie, Clare Pastore, Ezra Rosser, Jeffrey Selbin

Ezra Rosser

Poverty Law, Policy and Practice is the first new poverty law casebook in 17 years and only the second since 1976. With current literature from multiple viewpoints, the book provides an overview of the field, including cases, data and major government programs that map onto important theoretical, doctrinal, policy and practice questions.
The preface and table of contents are attached. The publisher's page is here: http://www.aspenlaw.com/aspen-casebook-series/id-9781454812548/poverty_law_policy__practice.

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