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Globalisation and homelessness in the USA: Building a social movement to end poverty

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  • Cheri Honkala
  • Richard Goldstein
  • Elizabeth Thul
  • William Baptist
  • Patrick Grugan

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The authors explore the deleterious effects of economic globalisation on people in the USA, and explain the rise of poor people's organisations as a response to these conditions. They look at the impact of economic changes in terms of public policy and argue that the global economy is preventing a growing number of people from being able to meet their basic needs, by limiting or eliminating living-wage jobs as well as welfare programmes. However, poor people in the USA are organising to end poverty, and the Kensington Welfare Rights Union is given as a case study. Finally, the authors discuss the challenges faced by social workers and how they can be most effective in the face of a dying welfare state alongside growing exploitation and exclusion of the poor.

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  • Cheri Honkala & Richard Goldstein & Elizabeth Thul & William Baptist & Patrick Grugan, 1999. "Globalisation and homelessness in the USA: Building a social movement to end poverty," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(5), pages 526-538, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:9:y:1999:i:5:p:526-538
    DOI: 10.1080/09614529952648
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