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Relational Poverty Research by RPN Members

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(In)Visible Boundaries: Uneven Housing Development and the Spatialization of Class in Nanjing, China

March 19

Sarah Tynen, University of Colorado - Boulder, Department of Geography Since 1978, free-market economic reforms in China decentralized state power...

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Local Poverty and Local Knowledge in Remote Locations of the Pacific Northwest

March 13

Martha Henderson – The Evergreen State College The Olympia Peninsula and eastern Oregon have experienced increasing poverty since the Great...

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A Proud, Angry Poor

February 19

Frances Fox Piven, CUNY Graduate Center, Department of Political Science In her 2012 contribution to The Nation, Piven calls for broader...

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The #GlobalPOV Project

February 10

Ananya Roy, University of California Los Angeles and Abby VanMuijen, University of California, Berkeley The turn of the century is marked by the...

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The Great Transformation: Neoliberalization, the urban commons and socio-spatial justice in Jakarta, Indonesia

February 4

Helga Leitner and Eric Sheppard, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography Asian cities long have labored under the shadow of...

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Places, Poverty and The Local State: Local Governments and Community Well-Being Across the United States

January 25

Linda Lobao - The Ohio State University - School of Environment and Natural Resources  Linda Lobao is a Professor of Rural Sociology, Sociology,...

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Grandmothers Hold Up More Than Half the Sky: Contemporary Grandmother Caregiving

January 25

LaShawnDa Pittman - University of Washington - Department of American Ethnic Studies There are more grandparents raising their grandchildren today...

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Women’s Experiences of the Immigration Journey between the US and Mexico

January 21

Yolanda Valencia, University of Washington, Department of Geography How do immigrant women experience risk and vulnerability during the...

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Collaborative Research: Mapping the US Solidarity Economy

January 21

Stephen Healy, Worcestor State University, Department of Physical and Earth Sciences  with: Craig Borowiak, Haverford College; Emily Kawano US...

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