Poverty & Public Policy

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Volume 4, issue 4, 2012

Editor's Letter pp. 181-182

Max J. Skidmore

A New Face of Poverty? Economic Crises and Poverty Discourses pp. 183-204

H. Abbie Erler

Gender Relations and Effect of Credit Availability on Household Expenditure: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh pp. 205-222

Anuja Jayaraman and Jill L. Findeis

The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I pp. 223-238

Udaya Wagle

Calling for a Universal Living Wage in the USA Troxell, Richard R. 2010. Looking Up at the Bottom Line: The Struggle for the Living Wage. Austin, TX: Plain View Press. $22.95, 308 pp., pbk. ISBN: 978‐1‐935514‐99‐2 pp. 239-240

Max J. Skidmore

Book Review of So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America by Peter Edelman Edelman, Peter. 2012. So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America. New York: The New Press. $24.95, 208 pp., hardcover. ISBN: 978‐1‐59558‐785‐5 pp. 241-243

Peter A. Kindle

Volume 4, issue 3, 2012

Inter‐Regional Differentials in Nutritional Intake in India: Evidence from Cluster Analysis pp. 3-21

Amarjit Singh Sethi and Ritu Pandhi

Trends in Public Financing of Human Development: Human Development's Effect upon Regional Inequalities: A Study from 1993 to 2007 pp. 22-34

Nilotpal Bal

Rethinking Asset‐Based Community Development Strategies in Post‐Earthquake China: The Role of Social Capital pp. 35-48

Pui Yan Flora Lau

Institutional and Political Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence From BRICS Economies pp. 49-57

Pravin Jadhav and Vijaya Katti

Impact of the Elderly Club on the Social Well‐Being of the Rural Elderly in the Northeastern Region of Thailand pp. 58-78

Buraskorn Torut and Soparth Pongquan

Women Empowerment as Multidimensional Capability Enhancement: An Application of Structural Equation Modeling pp. 79-98

Joysankar Bhattacharya and Sarmila Banerjee

Property Crime, Recidivism, and Household Behavior pp. 99-130

Sridhar Telidevara

Inter‐State Variations in Economic Growth: How Much Governance Matters? pp. 131-152

K. Ram and Simrit Kaur

Political Empowerment of Women in Panchayati Raj Institutions at Grassroots Level: A Case Study in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh pp. 153-179

C. Vinod Kumar and Md. Mastan Vali

Volume 4, issue 2, 2012

Exploring the Economic Determinants of Immigration Attitudes pp. 1-19

Beth Miller

Household Welfare, Extreme and Chronic Poverty Between Indigenous Groups of Bolivia pp. 1-28

Iván Velásquez Castellanos and Dil Rahut

Book Review: Global Child Poverty and Well‐Being: Measurement, Concepts, Policy and Action” by Alberto Minujin and Shallen Nandy pp. 1-4

Virginia Parish Beard

Editor's Letter pp. 1-2

Max J. Skidmore

Definitions of Urban Poverty by Lay Persons in Uganda and its Implications for Effective Anti‐poverty Interventions pp. 1-21

Joy Turyahabwa

Having Their Say: Rural Mothers Talk about Welfare pp. 1-18

Elizabeth M. Dolan, Sharon B. Seiling, Bonnie Braun and Mary Jo Katras

Review of Diane Ravitch Book, “The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education.” New York, NY: Basic Books pp. 1-5

Navin K. Singh

A High‐Value Agriculture‐Based Strategy for Reducing Poverty in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 1-27

Stuart S. Yeh

Ethical Standards and Alleviation of Poverty in Africa pp. 1-30

Olivier Sempiga

Volume 4, issue 1, 2012

Implementing a Strategy for Economic Reform: An Assessment of Nigeria's Privatization Program pp. 1-38

Paul G. Adogamhe

Lifetime Risk Factors Associated with Level of Housing Among Australian Poor pp. 1-30

Taryn Braver and Vickii B. Jenvey

The Affordable Care Act: Dispersing the Fog of Misinformation pp. 1-6

Max J. Skidmore

Low Expectations: Reference‐Dependent Preferences and Labor Supply in Cape Town, South Africa pp. 1-18

Dean Spears

Editor's Letter pp. 1-2

Max J. Skidmore

Does Early Voting Change the Socio‐Economic Composition of the Electorate? pp. 1-19

Martha E. Kropf

Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America and Anti‐Poverty Policies in Chile: Why is Chile's Market Economy Unable to Reduce Poverty and Inequality? pp. 1-23

Silvia Borzutzky

Volume 3, issue 4, 2011

Privatisation as Proxy of Distribution: Is it possible? (The Justice Shares Mass Privatisation Case of Iran) pp. 1-18

Tohid Atashbar

Social Security: A New Paradigm for Reducing American Poverty pp. 1-34

Andrew W. Dobelstein

Social Theory and Poverty Reduction with Special Attention to Nigeria: Social‐Institutional Explanation of Small‐Scale Financial Institutions pp. 1-32

Osaore Aideyan

The Effects of Combined Marginal Tax Rates on the Working Poor: Evidence from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation pp. 1-31

Paul D. Trampe

Scholarly Support for Social Security: A Political History of Prevailing Beliefs, and of the Growing Number of Works Demonstrating that the “Conventional” Often Is Not “Wisdom” pp. 1-13

Max J. Skidmore

Citizens or Objects: A Case Study in News Coverage of Poverty pp. 1-8

Andrew R. Cline

Social Welfare Policy and the Psychological Needs of Low Income Women pp. 1-15

Martha J. Markward and Bonnie L. Yegidis

How Do States' Safety Net Policies Affect Poverty? pp. 1-36

Laura Wheaton, Linda Giannarelli, Michael Schiferl and Sheila R. Zedlewski

Editor's Letter pp. 1-2

Max J. Skidmore

Social Justice, Social Welfare and Devolution: Nationalism and Social Policy Making in Scotland pp. 1-21

Gerry Mooney and Gill Scott

Volume 3, issue 3, 2011

Determining Eligibility for Poverty‐Based Assistance Programs: Comparing the Federally Established Poverty Level with the Self Sufficiency Standard for Pennsylvania pp. 1-24

Åsa Mukhopadhyay, John M. Shingler, Theodore R. Alter and Jill Findeis

Cash Transfers and Economic Growth: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Transfer Recipients and Business Owners in Malawi pp. 1-36

Candace M. Miller

Does Paying Taxes Improve the Quality of Governance? Cross‐Country Evidence pp. 1-17

Yener Altunbas and John Thornton

A Human Basis for Sustainable Development: How Psychosocial Change at the Individual Level Promotes Development pp. 1-20

Susan Pick, Kimberly Beers and Shoshana Grossman‐Crist

Book Review of Rethinking Ecomomic Recovery: A Global Green New Deal pp. 1-2

Mona M. Lyne

President Obama's “Pivot” to Jobs: Lessons from Comparative Law and America's Rivals pp. 1-11

Hannibal B. Travis

Provident Funds Pension Programs in English‐Speaking Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Look in the Rear Mirror and Lessons for the Future pp. 1-25

Michael W. Kpessa

Desperate or Deviant? Causes of Criminal Behavior among TANF Recipients pp. 1-23

Lindsay M. Monte and Dan A. Lewis

Measuring Poverty: The Official U.S. Measure and Material Hardship pp. 1-35

Gesemia Nelson

“Stand Up and Be Counted”: The Politics of a Homeless Enumeration pp. 1-27

Jean Calterone Williams

Editor's Letter pp. 1-3

Max J. Skidmore

Volume 3, issue 2, 2011

Combating Long‐Term Global Poverty: A Thought Piece pp. 1-13

Reginald M Williams

From Alleviation to Eradication: A Reassessment of Modernization, Market‐Based, and Communitarian Solutions to Global Poverty pp. 1-25

Sixto K. Roxas and Gerardo R. Ungson

Review of Launching the War on Poverty: An Oral History pp. 1-3

Max J. Skidmore

The Two Poverty Enlightenments: Historical Insights from Digitized Books Spanning Three Centuries pp. 1-46

Martin Ravallion

Poverty, Inequality and Subjective Quality of Life in Rural Russia during the Transition to a Market Economy: 1991‐2006 pp. 1-26

David John O'Brien, Stephen K. Wegren and Valery V. Patsiorkvosky

Review of One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty pp. 1-4

Afia B Yamoah

Existential Poverty: Welfare Dependency, Learned Helplessness and Psychological Capital pp. 1-20

John Dixon and Yuliya Frolova

Differences in Anti‐Poverty Approaches in Europe and The United States: A Cross‐Atlantic Descriptive Policy Analysis pp. 1-15

Koen Caminada and Megan C. Martin

Disabling Health Care? Medicaid Managed Care and People with Disabilities in America pp. 1-24

Vanmala S. Hiranandani

Volume 3, issue 1, 2011

The Good‐looking National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform pp. 1-11

Andrew Dobelstein

Supplemental Security Income for the Second Decade pp. 1-18

Michael Wiseman

The Next Generation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in Africa: What is the Role for Capacity Buiding? pp. 1-27

Sylvanus I Ikhide and Michael I Obadan

Review of Understanding The Social Security Act: The Foundation of Social Welfare for America in the Twenty‐First Century pp. 1-3

W. Robert Brazelton

Di Bao Receipt and Its Importance for Combating Poverty in Urban China pp. 1-32

Bjorn A Gustafsson and Deng Quheng

Welfare Reform in the U.S.: A Policy Overview Analysis pp. 1-38

Megan C. Martin and Koen Caminada

The History and Politics of Health Care in America: From the Progressive Era to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pp. 1-9

Max J. Skidmore

The Current Battle in the Long‐Running War Over Social Security pp. 1-4

Nancy J Altman

Editor's Letter pp. 1-2

Max J. Skidmore