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Peer reviewedRossi, Peter H. – American Psychologist, 1990
Changes in homelessness since the 1950s and 1960s involve increasing numbers of homeless persons, striking differences in their composition, and marked deterioration in their condition. Beyond similarly high levels of mental illness and substance abuse, the new homeless are younger, poorer, often shelterless, and include more minorities, women,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Economically Disadvantaged, Homeless People, Housing Needs
Peer reviewedWignaraja, Ponna – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Traces the search for economic development alternatives that go beyond conventional neo-classical and Marxist theory and practice. Outlines case studies of social and economic transformation in South Korea and China and delineates the differences between similar attempts in Latin America and Eastern Europe. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Communism, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Change
Peer reviewedAli, Shaikh Maqsood; Sirivardana, Susil – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Summarizes the Report and Recommendations of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation. Proposes an economic development approach that is based on a people-centered values framework and social mobilization. Profiles a similar program, Janasaviya, pioneered in Sri Lanka in 1989. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Capitalism, Citizen Participation, Disadvantaged Environment
Peer reviewedAzad, Nandini – International Social Science Journal, 1996
Illustrates how poor women were able to move out of poverty and dehumanization through a process of mobilization and organization. The process was catalyzed by the intervention of a non-governmental organization, the Working Women's Forum. Outlines the Forum's program of economic, social, and technological empowerment. (MJP)
Descriptors: Capitalism, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development
