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America's Shame : Women and Children in Shelter and the Degradation of Family Roles by Barbara A. Arrighi (1997, Hardcover)

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Rejecting those who urge a bootstrap approach to people living in extreme poverty on the edge of society, sociologist Barbara Arrighi makes an eloquent, compassionate plea for empathy and collective responsibility toward those for whom either the boots or the straps are missing. This book further offers solutions in consciousness raising, community collaboration, and informed, responsible public policy. The book is a critique of a system that purports to serve yet sometimes impedes the welfare of those who are in need of the basic elements for survival, including affordable shelter. It analyzes the structural factors of poverty and the social psychological costs of being poor and lacking a home. Utilizing interview findings from families who have lived in a shelter in northern Kentucky and from staff members, the book examines the degrading effects of shelter life on women's self-respect and children's development. Rather than an examination of individual pathologies leading to lack of shelter, it centers on women and children living in shelters and offers a sociological study of poverty and the family.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
0275957322
ISBN-13
9780275957322
eBay Product ID (ePID)
501668

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Author
Barbara A. Arrighi
Publication Name
America's Shame : Women and Children in Shelter and the Degradation of Family Roles
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Hv4506
Reviews
"In general, Arrighi has written a valuable book with sound observations on welfare and poverty. Her recommendations for changes in public policy are equally valuable." Social Work With Groups, "For those who want to learn more about homelessness and what it is like and what may be done about it, the book provides useful information." Issues in Child Abuse Accusations
Table of Content
Preface Descent to Shelter: Systemic Factors Leading to Shelter How a Diverse Population Grew While Housing Decreased Family Values and Other Myths and Realities about Families The Social Psychological Experience of Poverty and Shelter Life Shelter Life and Women's Self-Concept Shelter Life and Its Effects of Children's Development Solutions: Some Old, Some New A Solution for Shrinking Funds: Mandated Community Collaboration Consciousness Raising: An Old Solution with a New Twist Recommendations Epilogue: Connecting Private Troubles with Public Issues: A Little Sociological Imagination Would Help Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1997
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Children's Studies, General, Women's Studies, Gender & the Law
Lccn
96-047614
Dewey Decimal
362.83/83
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Law, Social Science, Political Science

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