The alternative : most of what you believe about poverty is wrong by Miller, Mauricio L., author instant download

The alternative : most of what you believe about poverty is wrong by Miller, Mauricio L., author instant download

214 pages : 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Disrupting the deficit view -- A fundamentally flawed social service system -- The challenge: no pity parties here -- No welfare queens: unsticking the myth that families are \"stuck\" -- Privilege and its opposite: Berkeley, a bizarre out of body experience -- The ultimate sacrifice: inspiring revolution with a chicken and two potatoes -- A race to the bottom: replacing the war on poverty with a dating service -- Us and them: the walls are just high enough so the people we are talking about can't hear us talking about them --Undermining family and village: paternalists advance people's interests at the expense of their liberty -- The alternative put families in the driver's seat -- Following peer paths: that's not the way it's done! -- Positive deviance and epidemics: instead of foam in the ocean, you get a wave -- Modeling the alternative: the basics of the Family Independence Initiative -- The right (data) stuff: the thousand cars doing the right thing -- Making the invisible, visible: contributions by the bottom 2/5ths of our economy -- The alternative: resurrecting the American dream -- Would my mother approve?