The undeserving poor : America's enduring confrontation with poverty / by Michael B. Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Michael B., 1939-2014, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--United States.

Poor.

United States.

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

Discrimination--United States.

Discrimination.

Economic assistance, Domestic--United States.

Economic assistance, Domestic.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

Second edition / fully updated and revised.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

When first published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was an enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Since then, that debate transformed enormously, rendering a thoroughly revised edition of this work necessary. Once again, Michael B. Katz's shrewd interpretations of the latest policy and market developments will force all concerned Americans to reconsider the foundations of our policies toward the poor. Americans have long viewed the impoverished as having brought their poverty on themselves through laziness, immorality, or cultural or mental deficiency, and use this to justify harsh treatment of the least fortunate. Katz reminds us, however, that there are roots of poverty besides personal failure, including location, resources, political economy, power, and market failure. Katz looks at each of these potential poverty sources in turn, showing how at are more effective frameworks through which to begin our struggle against poverty. The revised edition explores important new developments such as the rehabilitation of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the resurgent roles of culture and biology in discussions of poverty's causes, the human rights movement's intensified focus on alleviating world-poverty, and the successes of the War on Poverty and Great Society, especially at the grassroots level. A major revision of a landmark study, The Undeserving Poor helps readers to see poverty-and our efforts to combat it-in a new light. Book jacket.

Contents:

The undeserving poor: morals, culture and biology

Poverty and the politics of liberation

Intellectual foundations of the war on poverty and great society

Interpretations of poverty in the conservative ascendance

The rise and fall of the "underclass"

Epilogue : what kind of a problem is poverty?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Katz, Michael B. Undeserving poor : America's enduring confrontation with poverty.

ISBN:

9780199978786

OCLC:

858861503

Access Restriction:

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