Who Speaks for the Poor?

Who Speaks for the Poor?
Author: Karen Long Jusko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108419887

Explains cross-national differences in the political and partisan representation of low-income voters, focusing attention on the electoral geography of income.

Who Speaks for the Poor

Who Speaks for the Poor
Author: Richard A. Jr Hays
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2004-11-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135580103

This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.

We Cry Justice

We Cry Justice
Author: Liz Theoharis
Publisher: Broadleaf Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-10-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506473652

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible proclaims justice and abundance for the poor. Yet these powerful passages about poverty are frequently overlooked and misinterpreted. Enter the Poor People's Campaign, a movement against racism, poverty, ecological devastation, militarism, and religious nationalism. In We Cry Justice, Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the campaign, is joined by pastors, community organizers, scholars, low-wage workers, lay leaders, and people in poverty to interpret sacred stories about the poor seeking healing, equity, and freedom. In a world roiled by poverty and injustice, Scripture still speaks. Organized into fifty-two chapters, each focusing on a key Scripture passage, We Cry Justice offers comfort and challenge from the many stories of the poor taking action together. Read anew the story of the exodus that frees people from debt and slavery, the prophets who denounce the rich and ruling classes, the stories of Jesus's healing and parables about fair wages, and the early church's sharing of goods. Reflection questions and a short prayer at the end of each chapter offer the opportunity to use the book devotionally through a year. The Bible cries for justice, and we do too. It's time to act on God's persistent call to repair the breach and fight poverty, not the poor.

The Book of the Poor

The Book of the Poor
Author: Kenan Heise
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Poor
ISBN: 9781936863334

"Collecting dozens of interviews conducted over 50 years to give voice to the 16 percent that live below the poverty line, journalist Kenan Heise ... addresses unemployment, prison, nutrition needs and hunger, the lives of impoverished children, panhandling, health-care struggles, the role of race in poverty, and Dumpster diving"--P. [4] of cover.

The World's Poorest President Speaks Out

The World's Poorest President Speaks Out
Author: Kusaba Yoshimi
Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2020-05
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781592702893

"President José Mujica of Uruguay's 2012 speech on climate change delivered to the United Nations"--

Who Speaks for the Poor

Who Speaks for the Poor
Author: Richard A. Jr Hays
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2004-11-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135580111

This book addresses the central question of how the interests of the poor gain representation in the political process by examining the interest group system.

Always with Us?

Always with Us?
Author: Theoharis, Liz
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2017
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802875025

"Jesus's words 'the poor you will always have with you' (Matthew 26:11) are regularly used to suggest that ending poverty is impossible. In this book Liz Theoharis critically examines both the biblical text and the lived reality of the poor to show how this passage is taken out of context and distorted. Poverty is not inevitable, Theoharis argues. It is a systemic sin, and all Christians have a responsibility to partner with the poor to end poverty once and for all"--Jacket

Who Speaks for the Poor?

Who Speaks for the Poor?
Author: Karen Long Jusko
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1108330088

Who Speaks for the Poor? explains why parties represent some groups and not others. This book focuses attention on the electoral geography of income, and how it has changed over time, to account for cross-national differences in the political and partisan representation of low-income voters. Jusko develops a general theory of new party formation that shows how changes in the geographic distribution of groups across electoral districts create opportunities for new parties to enter elections, especially where changes favor groups previously excluded from local partisan networks. Empirical evidence is drawn first from a broadly comparative analysis of all new party entry and then from a series of historical case studies, each focusing on the strategic entry incentives of new low-income peoples' parties. Jusko offers a new explanation for the absence of a low-income people's party in the USA and a more general account of political inequality in contemporary democratic societies.

Banker To The Poor

Banker To The Poor
Author: Muhammad Yunus
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2007-03-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1586485466

The inspirational story of how Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus invented microcredit, founded the Grameen Bank, and transformed the fortunes of millions of poor people around the world. Muhammad Yunus was a professor of economics in Bangladesh, who realized that the most impoverished members of his community were systematically neglected by the banking system -- no one would loan them any money. Yunus conceived of a new form of banking -- microcredit -- that would offer very small loans to the poorest people without collateral, and teach them how to manage and use their loans to create successful small businesses. He founded Grameen Bank based on the belief that credit is a basic human right, not the privilege of a fortunate few, and it now provides $24 billion of micro-loans to more than nine million families. Ninety-seven percent of its clients are women, and repayment rates are over 90 percent. Outside of Bangladesh, micro-lending programs inspired by Grameen have blossomed, and serve hundreds of millions of people around the world. The definitive history of micro-credit direct from the man that conceived of it, Banker to the Poor is the moving story of someone who dreamed of changing the world -- and did.

Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)

Make Poverty Personal (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
Author: Ash Barker
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2009-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441203877

Poverty is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. But poverty is not new. And neither is God's deep concern for the poor--it is a theme deeply woven throughout the Bible. Yet sadly, churches and individual Christians have too often been blind to this emphasis, or they have been paralyzed into inaction by feelings of helplessness. In this urgent, provocative book, Ash Barker offers both challenge and hope. Pulling out and reflecting on significant passages from both testaments, he reveals what the Bible says about both the nature of poverty and about how God calls his people to respond. These studies, ideal for either individual or small group use, are interlaced with personal reflections--first-hand accounts from fifteen years of ministry among the poor.