Primary care of women and children with HIV infection: a multidisciplinary approach
In: Jones and Bartlett books on oncology and HIV-related illnesses
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In: Jones and Bartlett books on oncology and HIV-related illnesses
In: Futures, Band 42, Heft 10, S. 1110-1118
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 42, Heft 10, S. 1110-1118
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 42, Heft 10, S. 1110-1119
ISSN: 0016-3287
In: Futures, Band 38, Heft 6, S. 696-707
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 38, Heft 6, S. 695-707
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 38, Heft 6, S. 696-707
ISSN: 0016-3287
In: Futures, Band 34, Heft 6, S. 561-570
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 34, Heft 6, S. 561-570
ISSN: 0016-3287
In: Government information quarterly: an international journal of policies, resources, services and practices, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 147-159
ISSN: 0740-624X
In: Government information quarterly: an international journal of policies, resources, services, and practices, Band 17, Heft 2, S. 147-160
ISSN: 0740-624X
In: Futures, Band 30, Heft 7, S. 739-744
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 30, Heft 7, S. 739
ISSN: 0016-3287
In: Futures: the journal of policy, planning and futures studies, Band 30, Heft 7, S. 739-744
ISSN: 0016-3287
Baltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America. The Hero's Fight provides an intimate look at the effects of deindustrialization on the lives of Baltimore's urban poor, and sheds critical light on the unintended consequences of welfare policy on our most vulnerable communities.Drawing on her own uniquely immersive brand of fieldwork, conducted over the course of a decade in the neighborhoods of West Baltimore, Patricia Fernández-Kelly tells the stories of people like D. B. Wilson, Big Floyd, Towanda, and others whom the American welfare state treats with a mixture of contempt and pity—what Fernández-Kelly calls "ambivalent benevolence." She shows how growing up poor in the richest nation in the world involves daily interactions with agents of the state, an experience that differs significantly from that of more affluent populations. While ordinary Americans are treated as citizens and consumers, deprived and racially segregated populations are seen as objects of surveillance, containment, and punishment. Fernández-Kelly provides new insights into such topics as globalization and its effects on industrial decline and employment, the changing meanings of masculinity and femininity among the poor, social and cultural capital in poor neighborhoods, and the unique roles played by religion and entrepreneurship in destitute communities.Blending compelling portraits with in-depth scholarly analysis, The Hero's Fight explores how the welfare state contributes to the perpetuation of urban poverty in America