The persistence of poverty in the United States / Garth L. Mangum, Stephen L. Mangum, Andrew M. Sum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangum, Garth L.

Contributor:

Mangum, Stephen L.

Sum, Andrew.

Levitan, Sar A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--United States.

Poor.

United States.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Physical Description:

viii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003.

Summary:

For more than thirty years, students, scholars, and policymakers concerned with the alleviation of poverty have relied on successive editions of Sar A. Levitan's Programs in Aid of the Poor. Now, in conjunction with the eighth edition of that classic work, coauthors Garth Mangum, Stephen Mangum, and Andrew Sum offer a brief but comprehensive overview of the facts of poverty in the United States, its underlying causes, and the reasons for its persistence in the richest nation in the world. Providing a wealth of data and cogent analysis, this book can be used along with Programs for additional background or can stand on its own.Contents: 1. Defining and Measuring Poverty2. A Demographic Profile of the Nation's Poor3. The Changing Geographic Face of Poverty in the United States4. The Causes of Poverty5. Redefining Poverty and Its Consequences for America's Poor

Contents:

The rediscovery of poverty

A demographic profile of the nation's poor

The changing geography of poverty

The causes of poverty

Approaches and consequences of redefining poverty

Is poverty in the United States inescapable?

Notes:

This work is partially based on "Programs in aid of the poor" / Sar A. Levitan. 7th ed. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-129) and index.

Related Work:

Levitan, Sar A. Programs in aid of the poor.

ISBN:

0801871301

OCLC:

49566323