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Immanence and identify: understanding poverty through law and society research

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Three recent books examined the relationship between welfare law, poverty, and politics. These books were "We the People: Work, Poverty, and Welfare" by Joel Handler and Yeheskel Hasenfeld; "(Dis)Entitling the Poor: The Warren Court, Welfare Rights, and the American Political Tradition" by Elizabeth Bussiere; and "The War Against the Poor: The Underclass and Anti-Poverty Policy" by Herbert J. Gans. These books made clear the dominance of welfare politics in the US.

Books, Book Review, Book reviews, We the Poor People: Work, Poverty, and Welfare (Book), (Dis)Entitling the Poor: The Warren Court, Welfare Rights, and the American Political Tradition (Book), The War Against the Poor: The Underclass and Anti-Poverty Policy (Book), Handler, Joel, Hasenfeld, Yeheshel, Bussiere, Elizabeth, Gans, Herbert J.

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Unequal at the starting line: creating participatory inequalities across generations and among groups

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The shaping forces of inequalities in political participation across generations by considering the influence of family background is investigated. The factors influencing group differences in political participation between men and women, and among Latinos, African Americans, and Anglo-Whites is analyzed.

Public Administration, Public Participation, Evaluation, African Americans, Political participation

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Educating Homo Economicus: cautionary notes on the new behavioral law and economics movement

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The author discusses the limitations of using behavioral law and economic theories in the development of legal policies.

Analysis, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Human behavior, Law and economics, Law and economics (Jurisprudence), Policy sciences, Behavior evolution, Behavioral evolution

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