Building an opportunity society : a realistic alternative to an entitlement state / Lewis D. Solomon.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Solomon, Lewis D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Public welfare--United States.
• Public welfare.
• United States.
• Poverty--United States.
• Poverty.
• United States--Social policy.
• Social policy.
• United States--Economic policy.
• Economic policy.

Physical Description:

218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2014]

Contents:

• I Socioeconomic and Cultural Background and Context 15
• 1 Economic Immobility and Income and Wealth Inequalities: Realities and Causal Factors 17
• 2 Poverty, Joblessness, and Male Disengagement from the Labor Force: Realities and Causal Factors 35
• 3 Family Structure Trends and Child Well-Being 49
• II Transitioning to an Opportunity Society: Restructuring Three Pillars of the Entitlement State 65
• 4 Welfare Reform: Its Impact, Remedial Efforts, and Restructuring Alternatives 67
• 5 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Its Impact and Restructuring Alternatives 89
• 6 Social Security Disability Insurance Program and Restructuring Alternatives 103
• III Transitioning to an Opportunity: A Lifecycle Approach 117
• 7 Federal Preventive and Remedial Policies and Programs to Encourage Healthy Marriages and Responsible Fatherhood 119
• 8 Federal Preventive and Remedial Policies and Programs: From Children's Birth through Pre-K 145
• 9 K-12 Education and Beyond: Preventive and Remedial Policies and Programs 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9781412854702
• 1412854709

OCLC:

879582825