Brutal Need - Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement, 1960-1973

'Brutal Need is a magnificent book. It combines sophisticated analysis of legal principles defining the rights of the poor, a rich social history of the organization of poor people in the 1960s, and gripping biographies of the leading participants in the often neglected social movement. It is a pleasure to read this lucid book. Davis provides insight, even to a person who participated in the events she describes.'-Sylvia Law, New York University School of Law

Zusammenfassung

During the 1960s a group of lawyers - in collaboration with welfare recipient activists - mounted a legal campaign to create a constitutional right to welfare. This book tells the behind-the-scenes story of that campaign - the strategies, successes, failures and frustrations.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Martha F Davis, Martha F. Davis
• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 27.09.1995
• EAN: 9780300064247
• ISBN: 978-0-300-06424-7
• Seiten: 200
• Gewicht: 313 g
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System