Author: Publisher: CSD
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
CSD Brief No 14: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement along Bulgaria's Borders: the Impact of EU Accession
Author: CSD Brief No 20: Policies to Counter the Effects of the Economic Crisis: Hidden Economy Dynamics 2009
Author: CSD Brief No 25: The Green Element in the Sustainable Energy Policies of Europe
Author: CSD Brief No 28: The Hidden Economy in Bulgaria after the Economic Crisis
Author: CSD Brief No 30: Practices and Forms of Cooperation between Customs and Border Guards in the European Union
Author: CSD Brief No 35: Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Bulgaria (2011-2012)
Author: Making Education Work for the Poor
Author: Willliam ElliottPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190621575
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Making Education Work for the Poor identifies wealth inequality as the gravest threat to the endangered American Dream. Though studies have clearly illustrated that education is the primary path to upward mobility, today, educational outcomes are more directly determined by wealth than innate ability and exerted effort. This accounting directly contradicts Americans' understanding of the promise the American Dream is supposed to offer: a level playing field and a path towards a more profitable future. In this book, the authors share their own stories of their journeys through the unequal U.S. education system. One started from relative privilege and had her way to prosperity paved and her individual efforts augmented by institutional and structural support. The other grew up in poverty and had to fight against currents to complete higher education, only to find his ability to profit from that degree compromised by student debt. To directly counter wealth inequality and make education the 'great equalizer' that Americans believe it to be, this book calls for a revolution in financial aid policy, from debt dependence to asset empowerment. The book examines the evidence base supporting Children's Savings Accounts, including CSAs' demonstrated potential to improve children's outcomes all along the 'opportunity pipeline': early education, school achievement, college access and completion, and post-college financial health. It then outlines a policy that builds on CSAs to incorporate a sizable, progressive wealth transfer. This new policy, Opportunity Investment Accounts, is framed as the cornerstone of the wealth-building agenda the nation needs in order to salvage the American Dream. Written by leading CSA researchers, the book includes overviews of the major children's savings legislation proposed in Congress and the key features of prominent CSA programs in operation around the country today, as well as new qualitative and quantitative CSA research. The book ultimately presents a critical development of the theories that, together, explain how universal, progressive, asset-based education financing could make education work equitably for all American children.
CSD Brief No 18: Better Governance for Sustainable Energy: Diversification and Security
Author: CSD Brief No 37: Hidden Economy in Bulgaria 2011-2012
Author: Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society
Author: Rowena FongPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190858982
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society is an edited book that captures the culmination of the work done on the Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI) spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW). The GCSWI is a decade-long undertaking intended to address some of the world's most difficult and complex social problems, and this book presents the foundations of this endeavor as it will unfold.