Rich and Poor
Rich and Poor

Author: Sara Cantillon

Publisher: Oak Tree Press (Ireland)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13:

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Rich and Poor offers perspectives for a fairer, more inclusive society and will be of particular interest to policymakers, researchers, academics, students, the media and anyone with an interest in issues of equality and fair play. Published in conjunction with the Combat Poverty Agency. Rich and Poor Perspectives on Tackling Inequality in Ireland Poverty is not inevitable. Rich and Poor analyses the reasons behind inequality in Ireland, the structural injustices which enforce it and the vested interests which preserve it. This book is a reasoned analysis with a carefully presented argument for a fairer, more inclusive society, based on justice and human rights. The authors of this wide-ranging study come from different backgrounds and each approaches their topic from a unique perspective, combining theoretical insights with pragmatic, direct proposals. The result is a balanced, comprehensive, challenging but highly readable study of inequality in Ireland today and what can be done to tilt the balance in favour of the disadvantaged. Rich and Poor offers perspectives for a fairer, more inclusive society and will be of particular interest to policymakers, researchers, academics, stud

Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans
Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans

Author: Jack Tsai

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0190695137

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The challenges facing military veterans who return to civilian life in the United States are persistent and well documented. But for all the political outcry and attempts to improve military members' readjustments, veterans of all service eras face formidable obstacles related to mental health, substance abuse, employment, and — most damningly — homelessness. Homelessness Among U.S. Veterans synthesizes the new glut of research on veteran homelessness — geographic trends, root causes, effective and ineffective interventions to mitigate it — in a format that provides a needed reference as this public health fight continues to be fought. Codifying the data and research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) campaign to end veteran homelessness, psychologist Jack Tsai links disparate lines of research to produce an advanced and elegant resource on a defining social issue of our time.

Breakfast at Sally's
Breakfast at Sally's

Author: Richard LeMieux

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2008-10-17

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 1628732059

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One day, Richard LeMieux had a happy marriage, a palatial home, and took $40,000 Greek vacations. The next, he was living out of a van with only his dog, Willow, for company. This astonishingly frank memoir tells the story of one man's resilience in the face of economic disaster. Penniless, a failed suicide, estranged from his family, and living "the vehicular lifestyle" in Washington state, LeMieux chronicles his journey from the Salvation Army kitchens to his days with "C"—a philosopher in a homeless man's clothing—to his run-ins with Pastor Bob and other characters he meets on the streets. Along the way, he finds time to haunt public libraries and discover his desire to write. LeMieux's quiet determination and his almost pious willingness to live with his situation are only a part of this politically and socially charged memoir. The real story of an all-too-common American condition, this is a heartfelt and stirring read.