Policy and International Welfare Rights -- Part II. Poverty -- Chapter 4. Homelessness in Canada and the United States …This volume explains how economic rights are realized--or violated--in Canada and the United States. Contributors … analyze the philosophy, law, and politics of these rights and discuss specific issues such as poverty, health care, and the …

"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. …