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  • Black Women in the U.S. Economy

    The Hardest Working Woman

    Edited by Nina Banks, Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe ...
    Series series Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
    Black Women in the U.S. Economy: The Hardest Working Woman explores the impacts of economic, structural, and policy changes since the 1970s on the status and well-being of Black women in the U.S. It examines the rise in income and wealth inequality and subsequent economic downturns for Black women and their families, given the changing relationship between the state, markets, and families over ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Challenging Knowledge, Sex and Power

    Gender, Work and Engineering

    by Suzanne Franzway, Judith Gill, Rhonda Sharp, Julie Mills ...
    Series series Routledge IAFFE Advances in Feminist Economics
    Women in the developed world expect to work in the labour force over the course of their lives. On finishing school more girls are entering universities and undertaking professional training for careers than ever before. Males and females enter many high status professions in roughly equal numbers. However, engineering stands out as a profession that remains obstinately male dominated. Despite ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Black Female Undergraduates on Campus

    Successes and Challenges

    by Henry T. Frierson ...
    Series Book 12 - Diversity in Higher Education
    Since 1976, increased attention has been paid to the diminishing numbers of Black males in higher education, and rightly so: the total numerical enrollments of Black female undergraduates has outstripped their male counterparts by a factor of nearly 2 to 1. Since intervention, however, the enrollment growth rate among Black males (60 per cent) exceeded that of Black females (40 per cent) (NCES, ... Read more

    $136.19 USD

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    How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

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    How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It

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  • Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy, Second Edition

    by James J. Rice, Michael J. Prince ...
    A consistent bestseller since its publication in 2000, Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy is a one-of-a-kind resource in the fields of political science and social work. Examining current conditions affecting the development of social policies in Canada, this book offers in-depth critical analysis of how these policies first arose and the implications they pose for future policy ... Read more

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  • About Canada: Childcare

    by Martha Friendly, Susan Prentice ...
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    In Canada, early childhood education and care includes childcare programs, kindergartens and nursery schools. When these programs are well-designed, they support children’s development and accommodate parents who work or study. About Canada: Childcare answers questions about early childhood education and childcare (ECEC) in Canada. Why doesn’t Canada have an ECEC system, even though other ... Read more

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  • Poorly Understood

    What America Gets Wrong About Poverty

    by Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, Heather E. Bullock ...
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  • Caring for Children

    Social Movements and Public Policy in Canada

    by Rachel Langford, Patrizia Albanese, Susan Prentice ...
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  • The Black Agenda

    Bold Solutions for a Broken System

    Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman ...
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  • Basic Income for Canadians

    From the COVID-19 Emergency to Financial Security for All

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    Before the COVID‐19 pandemic, the idea of providing a basic income to everyone in Canada who needs it was already gaining broad support. Then, in response to a crisis that threatened to put millions out of work, the federal government implemented new measures which constituted Canada's largest ever experiment with a basic income for almost everyone.In this new and revised edition, Evelyn L. Forget ... Read more

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  • Challenging Inequalities

    How We Got Stuck and Where We Go Next

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