Getting by : economic rights and legal protections for people with low income / Helen Hershkoff & Stephen Loffredo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hershkoff, Helen, 1953- author.

Loffredo, Stephen, 1955- author.

Standardized Title:

Rights of the poor

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Law and legislation--United States--Miscellanea.

Public welfare.

Poor--Civil rights--United States--Miscellanea.

Poor.

Genre:

FAQs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (945 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2019.

Summary:

Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home. The central aim is to provide a resource for individuals and groups trying to access benefits, secure rights and protections, and mobilize for economic justice. The topics covered include cash assistance, employment and labor rights, food assistance, health care, education, consumer and banking law, housing assistance, rights in public places, access to justice, and voting rights. This comprehensive volume is appropriate for law school and undergraduate courses, and is a vital resource for policy makers, journalists, and others interested in social welfare policy in the United States.

Contents:

Introduction

Cash assistance

Work-related benefits and employment protections

Food assistance

Health

Education

Consumer rights and credit protection

Housing

Rights in public spaces

Access to justice : enforcing rights and securing protection

The right to vote.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Edition:

Revision of: 0809320916. Hershkoff, Helen, 1953- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 1997.

ISBN:

0-19-997493-4

0-19-936476-1

0-19-997492-6