Poverty is strongly associated with worse health across countries and within countries across individuals. However, not … all poor individuals suffer from poor health: the effects of poverty on health vary across place and time. In this review … what is known about policies that may improve the health of the poor. We focus primarily on the modern-day United States …

analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the … Policy and International Welfare Rights -- Part II. Poverty -- Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States … -- Chapter 5. Welfare Racism and Human Rights -- Chapter 6. The Movement to End Poverty in the United States -- Part III …

"In wealthy nations such as Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States, issues of poverty and homelessness have … Poverty and Austerity amid Prosperity, Gregg M. Olsen refocuses our attention on rising levels of poverty and homelessness …, this volume explores the broad and narrow ways that poverty and homelessness have been conceptualized, and how this has …

General questions about poverty -- The causes of poverty -- Who are the poor? -- What are "welfare" and "social welfare …?" -- Controversies over "welfare" -- Homelessness (and hunger) in the United States -- Coda -- Index -- About the author. …