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Poverty, Wealth And Inequality Through The Lens Of Globalization: Lessons From The United States And Mexico, Lucy A. Williams
Poverty, Wealth And Inequality Through The Lens Of Globalization: Lessons From The United States And Mexico, Lucy A. Williams
Lucy A. Williams
This article seeks to expand the U.S. domestic poverty discourse to incorporate cross-border connections of social welfare policy, low-wage work, immigration and international economic organization. The author looks at the U.S. and Mexico as an example in which these multiple legal discourses can be analyzed. First, I explore the long-standing labor and immigration ties between the two countries, and the creation of a false dichotomy within the U.S. of those in wage work and single parent families receiving social assistance benefits. I then focus on recent changes in U.S. social welfare policy toward single mothers, many of whom are in …
Issues And Challenges In Addressing Poverty And Legal Rights: A Comparative United States/South African Analysis, Lucy A. Williams
Issues And Challenges In Addressing Poverty And Legal Rights: A Comparative United States/South African Analysis, Lucy A. Williams
Lucy A. Williams
This article gives a comparative examination of poverty reduction strategies in the United States and South Africa. Three questions frame the discussion: 1) Are individual legally enforceable entitlements to the benefits of social and economic rights, particularly social assistance benefits, an important or even necessary tool in fighting poverty and realising social and economic rights? 2) Should anti-poverty policy privilege wage work and family contributions? 3) In light of economic globalisation, what problems are associated with viewing poverty-reduction strategies, particularly social welfare programmes, within a framework of nation-states and their subdivisions? Cast in the light of these questions, modern US …