Regulating the Poor
The Functions of Public Welfare
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Piven and Cloward have updated their classic work on the history and function of welfare to cover the American welfare state's massive erosion during the Reagan, Bush, and Clinton years. The authors present a boldly comprehensive, brilliant new theory to explain the comparative underdevelopment of the US welfare state among advanced industrial nations. Their conceptual framework promises to shape the debate within current and future administrations as they attempt to rethink the welfare system and its role in American society.
"Uncompromising and provocative.... By mixing history, political interpretation and sociological analysis, Piven and Cloward provide the best explanation to date of our present situation...no future discussion of welfare can afford to ignore them." (Peter Steinfels, The New York Times Book Review)
©1971, 1993 Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward (P)2020 Audible, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- Duración: 12 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,768
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Milton Friedman and his wife, Rose, teamed up to write this most convincing and readable guide, which illustrates the crucial link between Adam Smith's capitalism and the free society. They show how freedom has been eroded and prosperity undermined through the rapid growth of governmental agencies, laws, and regulations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic
- De Erik en 01-21-08
De: Milton Friedman, y otros
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The Crisis of the Middle-Class Constitution
- Why Economic Inequality Threatens Our Republic
- De: Ganesh Sitaraman
- Narrado por: MacLeod Andrews
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 61
For most of Western history, Sitaraman argues, constitutional thinkers assumed economic inequality was inevitable and inescapable - and they designed governments to prevent class divisions from spilling over into class warfare. The American Constitution is different. Compared to Europe and the ancient world, America was a society of almost unprecedented economic equality, and the founding generation saw this equality as essential for the preservation of America's republic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done
- De JLyman en 08-27-17
De: Ganesh Sitaraman
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- De: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 22 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,921
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,473
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Few forests, but lots of trees
- De Steve Pagano en 10-05-15
De: Francis Fukuyama
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How Are You Going to Pay for That?
- Smart Answers to the Dumbest Question in Politics
- De: Ryan Cooper
- Narrado por: Ryan Cooper
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 36
How Are You Going to Pay for That? is filled with engaging discussions and detailed strategies that policymakers and citizens alike can use to assail even the most entrenched lines of neoliberal logic and start to undo these long-held misconceptions. Equal parts economic theory, history, and political polemic, this is an essential roadmap for winning the key battles to come.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not horrible but not correct either
- De David en 03-20-23
De: Ryan Cooper
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When Affirmative Action Was White
- An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
- De: Ira Katznelson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 263
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 225
In this "penetrating new analysis" ( New York Times Book Review), Ira Katznelson fundamentally recasts our understanding of 20th century American history and demonstrates that all the key programs passed during the New Deal and Fair Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s were created in a deeply discriminatory manner. Through mechanisms designed by southern democrats that specifically excluded maids and farm workers, the gap between blacks and whites actually widened despite postwar prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolute Must Read
- De Andrew en 01-02-18
De: Ira Katznelson
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Fantasy Island
- Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico
- De: Ed Morales
- Narrado por: Sean Duffy
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 100
In Fantasy Island, Ed Morales traces how, over the years, Puerto Rico has served as a colonial satellite, a Cold War Caribbean showcase, a dumping ground for US manufactured goods, and a corporate tax shelter. He also shows how it has become a blank canvas for mercenary experiments in disaster capitalism on the frontlines of climate change, hamstrung by internal political corruption and the US federal government's prioritization of outside financial interests.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gringo Narrattion
- De shakira julia en 02-08-21
De: Ed Morales
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Race for Profit
- How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership
- De: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- Narrado por: Janina Edwards
- Duración: 12 h y 29 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 89
Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned. The same racist structures and individuals remained intact after redlining's end, and close relationships between regulators and the industry created incentives to ignore improprieties. Meanwhile, new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Race for Profit
- De Hewti en 12-03-20
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Forgotten Continent
- The Battle for Latin America’s Soul
- De: Michael Reid
- Narrado por: Gary Dikeos
- Duración: 18 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
Latin America has often been condemned to failure. Neither poor enough to evoke Africa’s moral crusade nor as explosively booming as India and China, it has largely been overlooked by the West. Yet this vast continent, home to half a billion people, the world’s largest reserves of arable land, and 8.5 percent of global oil, is busily transforming its political and economic landscape.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Reporting / Disorganized Content
- De Steven Schuster en 02-11-12
De: Michael Reid
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American Character
- A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good
- De: Colin Woodard
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 131
The struggle between individualism and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional Convention and in the run-up to the Civil War to the fights surrounding the agenda of the Progressives, the New Deal, the civil rights movement, and the Tea Party.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Biased Misrepresentation
- De Jay Ehret en 06-24-16
De: Colin Woodard
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The White Man's Burden
- Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
- De: William Easterly
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 14 h y 35 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
In his previous book, The Elusive Quest for Growth, William Easterly criticized the utter ineffectiveness of Western organizations to mitigate global poverty, and he was promptly fired by his then-employer, the World Bank. The White Man's Burden is his widely anticipated counterpunch - a brilliant and blistering indictment of the West's economic policies for the world's poor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Bit Repetitive
- De Amazon Customer en 04-27-19
De: William Easterly
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Brazil
- The Troubled Rise of a Global Power
- De: Michael Reid
- Narrado por: Michael Healy
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 61
Experts believe that Brazil, the world's fifth largest country and its seventh largest economy, will be one of the most important global powers by the year 2030. Yet far more attention has been paid to the other rising behemoths: Russia, India, and China. Often ignored and underappreciated, Brazil, according to renowned, award-winning journalist Michael Reid, has finally begun to live up to its potential but faces important challenges before it becomes a nation of substantial global significance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good short history of Brazil, lame pronunciation
- De Bubu Mungani en 07-21-19
De: Michael Reid
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The Precipice
- Neoliberalism, the Pandemic and the Urgent Need for Social Change
- De: Noam Chomsky, C.J. Polychroniou
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 59
In The Precipice, Noam Chomsky sheds light into the phenomenon of Trumpism, exposes the catastrophic nature and impact of Trump's policies on people, the environment, and the planet as a whole, and captures the dynamics of the brutal class warfare launched by the masters of capital to maintain and even enhance the features of a dog-eat-dog society to the unprecedented mobilization of millions of people against neoliberal capitalism, racism, and police violence.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Of Incalculable Importance
- De Anonymous User en 12-15-21
De: Noam Chomsky, y otros
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The Upswing
- How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
- De: Robert D. Putnam, Shaylyn Romney Garrett - contributor
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 12 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
Deep and accelerating inequality; unprecedented political polarization; vitriolic public discourse; a fraying social fabric; public and private narcissism — Americans today seem to agree on only one thing: This is the worst of times. But we’ve been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, America was highly individualistic, starkly unequal, fiercely polarized, and deeply fragmented, just as it is today.
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2 out of 5 stars
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For Progressives only. Won't make sense otherwise
- De Dennis G. en 12-19-20
De: Robert D. Putnam, y otros
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The Fourth Revolution
- The Global Race to Reinvent the State
- De: John Micklethwait, Adrian Wooldridge
- Narrado por: Chris Sorensen
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 98
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 77
From the best-selling authors of The Right Nation, a visionary argument that our current crisis in government is nothing less than the fourth radical transition in the history of the nation-state. Dysfunctional government: It' s become a cliché, and most of us are resigned to the fact that nothing is ever going to change. As John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge show us, that is a seriously limited view of things. In fact, there have been three great revolutions in government in the history of the modern world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for everyone wondering whats going?
- De Truth-be-told en 03-30-15
De: John Micklethwait, y otros
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A Generation of Sociopaths
- How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America
- De: Bruce Cannon Gibney
- Narrado por: Wayne Pyle
- Duración: 14 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 757
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 655
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 654
What happens when a society is run by people who are antisocial? Welcome to baby boomer America. In A Generation of Sociopaths, Bruce Cannon Gibney shows how America was hijacked by the boomers, a generation whose reckless self-indulgence degraded the foundations of American prosperity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Honest introspection required
- De Niki en 03-31-17
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Regulating the Poor
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- Anonymous User
- 07-12-21
Regulating the Poor
I Loved the whole book. The book enlighten my understanding of the many ways the United States deals with the poor. An excellent read, particularly for those wanting to work in public institutions helping the poor. My rating reflects my thoughts of the books contents.
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