Poverty in America : a handbook / John Iceland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iceland, John, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--United States--History.

Poor.

Poverty--United States--History.

Poverty.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States--History.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]

Summary:

The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has the largest economy; nevertheless, it has more poverty than most countries with similar standards of living. Growing income inequality and the Great Recession have made the problem worse. In this thoroughly revised third edition of his groundbreaking book, Iceland takes a new look at this issue by examining why poverty remains pervasive, what it means to be poor in America today, which groups are most likely to be poor, what the root causes of poverty are, and how policy affects poverty. This new edition also includes updated data and extended discussions of poverty in the context of the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street movements, as well as new chapters on the Great Recession and global poverty. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

Early views of poverty in America

Methods of measuring poverty

Characteristics of the poverty population

Global poverty

Causes of poverty

The Great Recession

Poverty and policy

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520276369

0520276361

OCLC:

813415941