Alice O”Connor was formerly the Assistant Director of the Project on Social Welfare and the American Future at the Ford Foundation, the Director for the Programs on Persistent Urban Poverty and International Migration at the Social Science Research Council, a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago, and a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation. She is currently Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
6 Ebooks by Alice O. Connor
Alice O’Connor: Poverty Knowledge
Progressive-era ‘poverty warriors’ cast poverty in America as a problem of unemployment, low wages, labor exploitation, and political disfranchisement. In the 1990s, policy specialists made ‘dependen …
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€46.99
Donald T. Critchlow & Charles H. Parker: With Us Always
Although welfare reform is currently the government’s top priority, most discussions about the public’s responsibility to the poor neglect an informed historical perspective. This important book prov …
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€49.86
Gary Gerstle & Nelson Lichtenstein: Beyond the New Deal Order
Ever since introducing the concept in the late 1980s, historians have been debating the origins, nature, scope, and limitations of the New Deal order—the combination of ideas, electoral and governing …
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€59.99
Michael A. Pagano: Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy
In this new volume, Michael A. Pagano curates essays focusing on the neighborhood’s role in urban policy solutions. The papers emerged from dynamic discussions among policy makers, researchers, publi …
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€25.57
Alice O’Connor: Social Science for What?
Much like today, the early twentieth century was a period of rising economic inequality and political polarization in America. But it was also an era of progressive reform-a time when the Russell Sag …
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€41.67
Lawrence Bobo & Alice O’Connor: Urban Inequality
Despite today’s booming economy, secure work and upward mobility remain out of reach for many central-city residents. Urban Inequality presents an authoritative new look at the racial and economic di …
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€44.81
