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Aboriginal Canadian People, 2008.
This paper discusses issues of health and homelessness among the aboriginal people of Canada.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper explains the complex interaction of the social determinants of health, which have resulted in the very poor health status of the aboriginal Canadian people. The author points out that the broadest issues, which impact on native communities, include little control by natives over their own economy, their ability for self-government and unfair decisions about use of resources. The paper relates that these issues are linked with the loss of native language and culture, especially because of the government's and religion's involvement in residential schools. The author underscores that homelessness for Native people is sometimes viewed as a problem that the poor bring upon themselves; however, the mainstream society forgets that native people have lost their resources. The paper concludes that native people are capable of solving their own problems as long as they are given some degree of support, autonomy and justice.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Practice Experience and Issue
The Root Issue Explaining Native Homelessness
Analysis of Practice and Community Connections
Conclusion
From the Paper
"During the project, we learned that all the Native people on reserves live under conditions of poverty and despair. It is to escape those conditions that many Aboriginal women as well as young males leave reserves. Aboriginal homeless women are faced with racism and discrimination. Unlike other Canadian women, there are very few Native women who have an income; instead they exist on a welfare allowance which often does not meet basic needs. Because of the extent and complexity of the issues facing Native peoples, I learned that it is not possible to approach these issues without nursing theory and theoretical frameworks."
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Poverty in the People's Republic of China, 2008.
An analysis of the implications of poverty in the People's Republic of China, particularly in urban areas.
4,089 words (approx. 16.4 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 110.95
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This paper discusses the poverty in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and its implications. The paper particularly focuses on urban poverty compared to rural poverty and the general feeling among the people in PRC regarding the two. It then looks at the political repercussions of the poverty in the PRC and the repression of dissent with regards to the poor.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Two Principal Opinions
Timeless, Ominous Signs
Urban Poverty
'Poverty Eradication' in the PRC
Political Repercussions of Poverty
Repression of Dissent and the Poor
Concluding Remarks
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"Dissent is alive and well in the contemporary PRC, much done to break up public displays of dissent, in very old methods of deterrence rooted in policing, courts and the prison system, presented to the literate public as ensuring safety when, in fact, assuring regime safety. Chinese to benefit from liberalization are rarely inclined to question what is occurring in the countryside, content to see the urban poor kept at bay. Many might regard the situation differently, as observed by foreign journalists, certainly, if able to recognize the potential threat of millions alienated completely from the economically advanced society, some able to draw parallels between the present and centuries of other Chinese misrule to perpetuate such disparities. As the topic of Chinese poverty indicates, democratization is not likely, any day soon, in the People's Republic of China. Indeed, policies and approaches of the state have systematically pushed millions of citizens beyond the existing political system, far from the ideals of inclusion and participation that might suggest a possible shift towards democratic institutions."
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The Aboriginal People of Winnipeg, 2007.
This paper examines the health issues, employment, poverty, housing and education of the aboriginal people in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1,090 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper reports that 8.4 per cent of the total 661,730 population of Winnipeg is aboriginal, which is the second highest percentage of the 13 major Canadian cities. The author points out that the young age of the majority of the aboriginals in Winnipeg is very important because it can have a major impact on the need for more educational and welfare services. The paper stresses that the effects of poverty and housing issues may be a major cause of poor health among aboriginal people in Winnipeg. The author relates that the demographic profiles seem to indicate that social and economic disadvantages facing aboriginal people in Winnipeg have been limiting their educational achievements. The paper includes several quotations.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aboriginal Population of Winnipeg
Income, Employment and Poverty
Housing Issues
Health Issues
Education Issues
Conclusion
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"The differences in incomes between aboriginal people and non-aboriginal people in Winnipeg can be partially explained by differences in employment and unemployment rates. The total employment rate for Winnipeg in 2001 was 64.8 per cent and the unemployment rate was 5.6 per cent. The employment rate for aboriginals in Winnipeg is only 55.1 per cent and the unemployment rate is 14.3 per cent. This would seem to indicate that the higher unemployment rate in the aboriginal population of Winnipeg is a major factor in the poverty of that population."
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Gun Control, 2007.
This paper reviews the history and theories behind the restriction of gun sales to minorities and poor people.
3,220 words (approx. 12.9 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 92.95
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This paper relates that, over the years, even though the approach might be slightly different and more subtle, especially in the southern states, there has been very little change in the overall outlook of the American bias toward the ownership of guns by the minorities and poor. The author points out that, even though gun control laws have restricted gun ownership to people who can afford a decent life-style, these laws have had no effect on decreasing crime and disallow poor citizens from protecting themselves with the use of a firearm when facing a criminal situation. The paper concludes by arguing that, because poor people most often live in high crime rates areas or areas where there is very little law protection, to gain a sense of personal security, the laws must be changed and markets must sell low-priced legal firearms.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Gun Control and the Poor
From the Paper
"Even though, the blacks had to face the brunt of the gun control and restriction laws; however, they were not the only recipients. Certain white people who did not fit the bill of the Americans also faced numerous laws where they were treated less worthy for the ownership of guns. A good example of this could be the Sullivan law passed in 1911 where the focus shifted to the Italian immigrants, astonishingly, within the first three year of the implementation of the Sullivan law, 70% of the total people arrested had Italian names and surnames. Even the media was very openly not supportive of the guns being issued to the Italian immigrants; the disapproval was posted both in the "New York Tribune" as well as the "New York Times"."
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Environment, Food and People: The Crisis in Ocean Fishing, 2006.
A case study of Canada Cod Fisheries with respect to people and the natural environment.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 5 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses how the relationship between humanity and the natural environment has frequently been an uneasy one. The paper further discusses that while humanity depends greatly upon a strong and vibrant global environment in order to ensure its own future human beings have for the most part done a woeful job of conserving scarce natural resources and of protecting vulnerable habitats. Because of the enormity of the topic this paper examines the present crisis in ocean fishing by looking at a specific region. Canada Cod Fisheries that has bears the scars of over fishing and poor conservation practices.
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Impoverished People, 2008.
This paper examines the articles "On Compassion" by Barbara Lazear Ascher, "Serving in Florida" by Barbara Ehrenreich, and "On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner.
721 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 25.95
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The paper discusses the articles "On Compassion" by Barbara Lazear Ascher, "Serving in Florida" by Barbara Ehrenreich and "On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Eighner where the authors describe how the poor have to struggle to survive for basics, such as shelter, food and clothing. The paper relates that all three essays act as a reminder to those who do not care enough about other unfortunate human beings.
From the Paper
"As Ehrenreich finds out in her essay "Serving in Florida," even those who work full time jobs often aren't able to provide for themselves a real place to live. All of Ehrenreich's coworkers live in trailers, cars, hotels or "crowded" apartments (154). As Ehrenreich admits going through her low wage experience, she wouldn't be doing as well as she did without the deposit for housing she started with. "I'd been feeling pretty smug about my $500 efficiency, but of course it was made possible only by the $1,300 I had allotted myself for start-up costs" (Ehrenreich 155)."
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Healthcare Among the Poor, 2008.
This paper explores healthcare delivery for the poor population in the US.
1,655 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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The paper looks at the obstacles poor people in the US face in receiving healthcare. The paper offers a definition of "poor" and discusses urban inequality and the lack of healthcare for many people. The paper also explains why the government and individuals cannot pay all healthcare costs. The paper then discusses the solution of reducing healthcare costs by focusing on the prevention of serious diseases.
Outline:
The Socio-economic Inequality and Healthcare
Finding Solutions to Helping the Poor with Healthcare
From the Paper
"The first step in looking at healthcare for the poor is to define what it means to be considered poor. The Meriam-Webster.com (2007) has 15 entries for poor, but two primary definitions for this paper are lacking in material possessions or characterized by poverty. The poor in the United States would be those who do not work or work at minimum wage jobs and they make less than the poverty index. Studying the United States and other countries will show how socio-economic inequality affects healthcare."
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"The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison", 2002.
An analysis of the book "The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison" by Jeffrey Reiman.
1,387 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper briefly examines Reiman's book which keeps up on criminal justice statistics and other trends in the system. The thesis of the book is that the goal of the American criminal justice system is not to eliminate crime or even to achieve justice but to project to the people an image of the idea that the threat of crime is a threat from the poor. The system must therefore maintain a large population of poor criminals, and to this end, it must not eliminate the crime that poor people commit or even reduce the number of those crimes to any great extent.
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"In the chapter "Crime Control in America," Reiman suggests that the system has been designed to fail. Imprisoning drug offenders, for instance, does nothing to reduce the number of rug offenders in society because they are immediately replaced. The decline in violent crime is more attributable to demographic changes than to enforcement efforts. Most of the decline in crime of all sorts takes place because of forces beyond the control of the criminal justice systems. Reiman also says we could reduce crime if we wanted to do so and that four excuses given are not really answers to the problem at all but merely excuses to explain why the system fails. We know the causes of crime--poverty, prisons, and drugs--yet we do nothing to change how these things operate, such as banning guns and decriminalizing drugs."
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The Rights of Aboriginal Peoples, 2007.
An analysis of the affects of differing understandings of terms with relation to the aboriginal people's nation, property and people.
1,215 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses some of the issues that relate to the rights of aboriginal peoples in Canada. The paper specifically focuses on achieving a deeper understanding of basic terms such as nation, property and people. The paper discusses the barriers between the aboriginal people and white Canadians that are caused by poor communication or differing understandings of terms.
From the Paper
"In essence, terms as they are used by whites bear no comparison when they are used by natives. John Locke, for instance, exemplifies European ideas of property. He believed that property in its original form was the earth given by God to human beings. This appears similar to the view of Native peoples. People's reason enables them to make the best use of natural resources and ways of appropriating those resources. "Though the Earth, and all inferior Creatures be common to all Men, yet every man has a Property in his own Person" (Locke, 2002, p. 60). As Locke viewed it, the concept of property actually began with the commons, or that which is owned by all individuals in common. All of this is very foreign to how Native peoples regard land and property. Indians do not even understand the idea of land tenure. In Indian culture, all material goods are held in common. There may be a commons but it is not owned in any sense."
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Are the Poor Lazy?, 2004.
A discussion on whether poverty can be solved by giving full-time jobs to the poor.
1,061 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines the argument that the working poor are poor because they work too few hours and are lazy. While working additional hours reduces the chance of poverty, many full-time and year-round workers are still poor, due to the low wages they receive. It also looks at how, of those who could climb out of poverty by working year-round, many are unable to do so, due to disability, age, or individual circumstances. It examines whether or not the poor could potentially escape poverty by working 40 hours per week, year-round.
From the Paper
"The major causes of poverty given by those polled were: drug abuse, medical bills, too few jobs (or too many part-time or low-wage jobs), too many single-parent families, and too many immigrants. Approximately half of the public stated that the poor are not doing enough to help themselves out of poverty and that they have it too easy, and the other half says that circumstances beyond their control cause them to be poor. Contrary to what our leaders would like us to believe, being poor has nothing to do with the poor, working or not. It has to do more with the functions of an economic system, which is known as capitalism. The law of maximum profit governs capitalism."
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The Invisible Working Poor, 2008.
This paper examines "The Working Poor: Invisible in America" by David Shipler.
824 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper discusses how in "The Working Poor: Invisible in America" David Shipler presents a ground level perspective of the daily lives of the millions of Americans classified as working poor. The paper looks at Shipler's portrayal of these 'invisible' citizens who never manage to improve their standards of living. The paper looks at how the book addresses the issues that keep the working poor in this cycle and how political intervention and corporate flexibility are the only means of detaining the cycle of poverty.
From the Paper
"In The Working Poor: Invisible in America, David Shipler presents provides a ground level perspective of the daily lives of the 35 million Americans who are classified as "the working poor'. The working poor are defined by their low-wage jobs, and must face the impeccable hurdles of poverty and social discrepancies. Job opportunities provide very little upward mobility and usually no health care benefits. Shipler classifies these Americans as 'invisible' as they constitute the workers the average citizen sees everyday in fast-food restaurants, inventory and box stockers and low-wage manual labor such as janitors."
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"The Working Poor", 2005.
An analysis of "The Working Poor: Invisible in America", by David K. Shipler.
1,258 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses Shipler's book, which is an insightful look into the plight of the working poor in modern America. It explains that Shipler creates a complex but compelling portrait of the struggles of the working poor to escape the cycles of poverty. It concludes that it is only through the creation of a political will, and the ensuing intervention of government, community, and the corporate world that the working poor have any hope of improvement in their lives.
From the Paper
"In The Working Poor, Shipler presents a thorough portrait of the lives and circumstances of the 35 million working poor in America. These Americans are those who are caught in relatively low paying, dead-end jobs, and who face enormous struggles in order to better their lot in the word. There jobs often offer little in the way of benefits or opportunities in advancement. They are the people that we see every day, but do not acknowledge: the workers in fast food restaurants and bakeries, stockers at major stores, and others who provide menial labor in America."
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Poor Character Judgment in "King Lear", 2008.
A analysis of King Lear's poor character judgement in William Shakespeare's play, "King Lear."
1,108 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 38.95
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This paper analyzes a personal life evaluation of the blindness of poor character judgment in relation to William Shakespeare's "King Lear." It specifically discusses the poor character judgment of King Lear by not choosing Cordelia to take over his empire and invariably leaving his domains in the hands of his two corrupt daughters, Goneril and Regan. It also presents the writer's own personal experience with relation to the "blindness" of poor character judgment.
From the Paper
"In conclusion, the arrogance of age is one example in my life where I had made a 'blind' choice because I assumed an elder superiority over rational judgment. Much like king Lear, I had chosen the wrong persons to inherit a valuable asset, which invariably ended in a tragic and destructive way. King Lear had lost his ability to rule, just as I had lost my old car to an irresponsible cousin. In this manner, I was blind because of my arrogance in assuming that those that respect my status as an elder would be more responsible. King Lear also made this mistake by allowing his superficial and usurping daughters to inherit his kingdom over the far more honest and noble Cordelia. This is how my own life experience was blind the truth in relation to King Lear of William Shakespeare's tragic play."
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HMOs and Poor and Low-Income Communities, 2002.
This paper assesses the effectiveness of HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations) in the delivery of health care to poor and low-income communities.
8,018 words (approx. 32.1 pages), 42 sources, APA, $ 172.95
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This paper presents an extensive review of the effects of HMOs to medical care in the U.S. and England. This paper concludes that HMOs demonstrated that they can be effective in the delivery of health care to any population group, including poor communities and low-income persons and households who live outside of poor communities. The author states that HMOs and other managed care organizations have in the past, are now and likely will continue in the future to sacrifice the care required by any population group that threatens to impinge on the bottom-line of these organizations.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Statement of the Problem
Research Questions
HMOs as Health Care Providers
Access to Care through HMOs
Effects of HMOs and Managed Care on Hospitals and Low-Income Patients
Capitation
Purchaser-Oriented Management and Practice Guidelines
Case Management
Performance Analysis
Medicaid and HMOs: A Direct Impact on Poor Communities and On Low-Income Persons and Households
HMOs and Care Quality
Health Care Delivery in the United States Compared With the United Kingdom
National Health Care System in the UK
Similarities & Differences between the National Health Care Systems in the United Kingdom and the United States
The Case for Universality
Conclusions
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"Over the past 50 years, managed care programs have existed such as the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (California) and the Health Insurance Plan of New York City. These programs only affected a minority of patients and physicians, until the past six or seven years during which managed care has grown significantly. Rising costs of health care, particularly in industry, and the fact that approximately 15 percent of the United States population lacks health insurance, have provided stimulus for this growth. Health care expenditures account for over 14 percent of the gross domestic product in the United States. Management of medical services is attempted through managed care. It is estimated that around 100 million individuals are now covered by a managed care plan and that 77 percent of employers offer a managed care program."
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Charlotte Bronte and the 'Poor Girl'., 2002.
Explores author Charlotte Bronte's use of her novel "Jane Eyre" to critique the treatment of poor girls and orphans in the society of her time.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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In "Jane Eyre", Charlotte Bronte uses the character of Jane Eyre to critique the treatment of poor girls and orphans. Indeed, Jane refuses to be placed in the traditional female position of subservience. She stands up to superiors, as well as for her rights and defends the plight of all poor girls for doing so. In this way, her representation is a strong social statement against rich peoples' abuse of young poor girls.
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