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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has its 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 edition of Poverty in America, 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, the root causes of poverty, and the effects of policy on poverty. This new edition also includes completely 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. In doing so this book provides the most recent information available on patterns and trends in poverty and engages in an open and accessible manner in current critical debates.

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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520956797

0520956796

OCLC:

853362892