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Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC : Navigating the Politics of Everyday Life
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ISBN: 1479897590 9781479897599 9781479894994 1479894990 9781479808113 Year: 2019 Publisher: New York : New York University Press,

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"Coming of Age in Jim Crow DC explores the racial politics of everyday life in DC."

Reasons for Welfare : The Political Theory of the Welfare State
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ISBN: 0691077665 Year: 1988 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press

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Robert Goodin passionately and cogently defends the welfare state from current attacks by the New Right. But he contends that the welfare state finds false friends in those on the Old Left who would justify it as a hesitant first step toward some larger, ideally just form of society. Reasons for Welfare, in contrast, offers a defense of the minimal welfare state substantially independent of any such broader commitments, and at the same time better able to withstand challenges from the New Right's moralistic political economy. This defense of the existence of the welfare state is discussed, flanked by criticism of Old Left and New Right arguments that is both acute and devastating. In the author's view, the welfare state is best justified as a device for protecting needy--and hence vulnerable--members of society against the risk of exploitation by those possessing discretionary control over resources that they require. Its task is to protect the interests of those not in a position to protect themselves. Communitarian or egalitarian ideals may lead us to move beyond the welfare state as thus conceived and justified. Moving beyond it, however, does not invalidate the arguments for constantly maintaining at least the minimal protections necessary for vulnerable members of society.


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Laughter out of place
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ISBN: 0520955412 1299854303 9781299854307 9780520955417 9780520276048 Year: 2013 Publisher: Berkeley

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Donna M. Goldstein presents a hard-hitting critique of urban poverty and violence and challenges much of what we think we know about the "culture of poverty" in this compelling read. Drawing on more than a decade of experience in Brazil, Goldstein provides an intimate portrait of everyday life among the women of the favelas, or urban shantytowns in Rio de Janeiro, who cope with unbearable suffering, violence and social abandonment. The book offers a clear-eyed view of socially conditioned misery while focusing on the creative responses-absurdist and black humor-that people generate amid daily conditions of humiliation, anger, and despair. Goldstein helps us to understand that such joking and laughter is part of an emotional aesthetic that defines the sense of frustration and anomie endemic to the political and economic desperation among residents of the shantytown.

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Marginality, Social --- Poor --- Slums --- Violence --- Sex --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Violent behavior --- Social psychology --- Disadvantaged, Economically --- Economically disadvantaged --- Impoverished people --- Low-income people --- Pauperism --- Poor, The --- Poor people --- Persons --- Social classes --- Poverty --- Exclusion, Social --- Marginal peoples --- Social exclusion --- Social marginality --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Culture conflict --- Social isolation --- Sociology --- People with social disabilities --- Economic conditions --- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) --- Prefeitura da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) --- Rio-de-Zhaneĭro (Brazil) --- Riyo de Zshaneyro (Brazil) --- Río de Xaneiro (Brazil) --- Prefeitura do Rio (Brazil) --- Rio de Žaneiro (Brazil) --- Rio (Brazil) --- Município do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) --- Municipality of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) --- Race relations. --- Marginality, Social -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. --- Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. --- Poor -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro -- Humor. --- Slums -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. --- Violence -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. --- Sex -- Brazil -- Rio de Janeiro. --- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Race relations. --- activism. --- black humor. --- black humour. --- brazil. --- brazilian history. --- brazilian society. --- civic. --- class. --- cultural anthropology. --- culture of poverty. --- economic desperation. --- engaging. --- ethnicity. --- ethnography. --- historical. --- history of brazil. --- history. --- joking. --- latin america. --- laughter. --- minority studies. --- page turner. --- political. --- politics. --- postcolonial. --- poverty. --- race. --- realistic. --- retrospective. --- rio de janeiro. --- social abandonment. --- social issues. --- social justice. --- social science. --- sociology. --- south america. --- urban poverty. --- urban shantytowns. --- urbanism. --- violence.


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Moving Up without Losing Your Way
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ISBN: 0691190658 9780691190655 Year: 2019 Publisher: Princeton, NJ

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The ethical and emotional tolls paid by disadvantaged college students seeking upward mobility and what educators can do to help these students flourishUpward mobility through the path of higher education has been an article of faith for generations of working-class, low-income, and immigrant college students. While we know the road usually entails financial sacrifices and hard work, very little attention has been paid to the deep personal compromises such students have to make as they enter worlds vastly different from their own. Measuring the true cost of higher education for those from disadvantaged backgrounds, Moving Up without Losing Your Way looks at the ethical dilemmas of upward mobility-the broken ties with family and friends, the severed connections with former communities, and the loss of identity-faced by students as they strive to earn a successful place in society.Drawing on philosophy, social science, personal stories, and interviews, Jennifer Morton reframes the college experience, factoring in not just educational and career opportunities but also essential relationships with family, friends, and community. Finding that student strivers tend to give up the latter for the former, negating their sense of self, Morton seeks to reverse this course. Morton urges educators to empower students with a new narrative of upward mobility-one that honestly situates ethical costs in historical, social, and economic contexts and that allows students to make informed decisions for themselves.A powerful work with practical implications, Moving Up without Losing Your Way paves a hopeful path so that students might achieve social mobility while retaining their best selves.

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Educational mobility --- Families --- Opportunity costs. --- Working class families --- Low-income college students. --- Ethics. --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Values --- Poor college students --- College students --- Low-income students --- Alternative costs --- Costs, Alternative --- Costs, Opportunity --- Implicit costs --- Imputed costs --- Cost --- Education mobility --- Mobility, Educational --- Social mobility --- Psychological aspects. --- Costs. --- African American students. --- Asian American students. --- Barack Obama. --- City College of New York. --- Ethical goods. --- John U. Ogbu. --- Maya Beasley. --- Section 8. --- Signithia Fordham. --- Sonia Sotomayor. --- acculturation. --- childcare. --- codeswitching. --- college costs. --- course requirements. --- cultural mismatch. --- culture of poverty. --- double-consciousness. --- educational underachievement. --- eldercare. --- financial aid. --- food insecurity. --- healthcare. --- immigrant narrative. --- magnet school. --- marginalized communities. --- online education. --- oppositional culture. --- poverty. --- racial integration. --- safety net. --- social support systems. --- socioeconomic segregation. --- student-teacher interactions. --- undermatching. --- wealth gap. --- United States. --- ABŞ --- ABSh --- Ameerika Ühendriigid --- America (Republic) --- Amerika Birlăshmish Shtatlary --- Amerika Birlăşmi Ştatları --- Amerika Birlăşmiş Ştatları --- Amerika ka Kelenyalen Jamanaw --- Amerika Qūrama Shtattary --- Amerika Qŭshma Shtatlari --- Amerika Qushma Shtattary --- Amerika (Republic) --- Amerikai Egyesült Államok --- Amerikanʹ Veĭtʹsėndi͡avks Shtattnė --- Amerikări Pĕrleshu̇llĕ Shtatsem --- Amerikas Forenede Stater --- Amerikayi Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Ameriketako Estatu Batuak --- Amirika Carékat --- AQSh --- Ar. ha-B. --- Arhab --- Artsot ha-Berit --- Artzois Ha'bris --- Bí-kok --- Ē.P.A. --- É.-U. --- EE.UU. --- Egyesült Államok --- ĒPA --- Estados Unidos --- Estados Unidos da América do Norte --- Estados Unidos de América --- Estaos Xuníos --- Estaos Xuníos d'América --- Estatos Unitos --- Estatos Unitos d'America --- Estats Units d'Amèrica --- Ètats-Unis d'Amèrica --- États-Unis d'Amérique --- ÉU --- Fareyniḳṭe Shṭaṭn --- Feriene Steaten --- Feriene Steaten fan Amearika --- Forente stater --- FS --- Hēnomenai Politeiai Amerikēs --- Hēnōmenes Politeies tēs Amerikēs --- Hiwsisayin Amerikayi Miatsʻeal Tērutʻiwnkʻ --- Istadus Unidus --- Jungtinės Amerikos valstybės --- Mei guo --- Mei-kuo --- Meiguo --- Mî-koet --- Miatsʻyal Nahangner --- Miguk --- Na Stàitean Aonaichte --- NSA --- S.U.A. --- SAD --- Saharat ʻAmērikā --- SASht --- Severo-Amerikanskie Shtaty --- Severo-Amerikanskie Soedinennye Shtaty --- Si͡evero-Amerikanskīe Soedinennye Shtaty --- Sjedinjene Američke Države --- Soedinennye Shtaty Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Severnoĭ Ameriki --- Soedinennye Shtaty Si͡evernoĭ Ameriki --- Spojené obce severoamerické --- Spojené staty americké --- SShA --- Stadoù-Unanet Amerika --- Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá --- Stany Zjednoczone --- Stati Uniti --- Stati Uniti d'America --- Stâts Unîts --- Stâts Unîts di Americhe --- Steatyn Unnaneysit --- Steatyn Unnaneysit America --- SUA --- Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati --- Sŭedinenite shtati --- Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua --- U.S. --- U.S.A. --- United States of America --- Unol Daleithiau --- Unol Daleithiau America --- Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko --- US --- USA --- Usono --- Vaeinigte Staatn --- Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika --- Vereinigte Staaten --- Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika --- Verenigde State van Amerika --- Verenigde Staten --- VS --- VSA --- Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amirīkīyah --- Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah --- Yhdysvallat --- Yunaeted Stet --- Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika --- ZDA --- Združene države Amerike --- Zʹi͡ednani Derz͡havy Ameryky --- Zjadnośone staty Ameriki --- Zluchanyi͡a Shtaty Ameryki --- Zlucheni Derz͡havy --- ZSA --- Business ethics.

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