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Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Whether we realize it or not, all of us participate in the social contract every day through mutual obligations among our family, community, place of work, and fellow citizens. Caring for others, paying taxes, and benefiting from public services define the social contract that supports and binds us together as a society. Today, however, our social contract has been broken by changing gender roles, technology, new models of work, aging, and the perils...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
To our knowledge, Poorly Understood is the first book to systematically address and confront many of the most widespread myths pertaining to poverty. Throughout each of our careers we have encountered these myths on a routine basis. They can be found virtually everywhere -- from the political rhetoric emanating out of the highest office in the land to the neighborhood gossip down the street. It would seem as if everyone has a heated opinion about...
3) Social services for the people of Iowa: Governor's final plan under Title 20, July 1976-June 1977
Author
Publisher
State of Iowa, Dept. of Social Services
Pub. Date
1976
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Foundation Center
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Clarifies the basic scope, structure, operation, and role of the nonprofit sector in the US, and places it into context in relation to government and the business sector, showing how the position of the nonprofit sector has changed over time. Separate chapters on various subsectors of health care, education, social services, and arts, as well as advocacy, legal services, international aid, and religion, identify the role of the nonprofit sector in...
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