Child poverty and inequality : securing a better future for America's children / Duncan Lindsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindsey, Duncan, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

Children.

Children--United States--Economic conditions--21st century.

Child welfare--United States.

Child welfare.

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

Saving and investment--United States.

Saving and investment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

1. The Color of Child Poverty 2. Wealth and Poverty among America's Children 3. From the Era of the Middle Class to the Era of the Wealthy Class 4. One Down, One to Go: Government Efforts to End Poverty among Seniors and Children 5. The Failure of Welfare Reform for Poor Children 6. An End to Welfare and Maybe Even Child Poverty 7. Embracing Wealth: An Asset Building Approach to Ensuring Opportunity for All Children Closing. References.

Contents:

The color of child poverty

Growing inequality : from the "era of the middle class" to the "era of the wealthy class"

Doing for children what we have done for seniors : government efforts to end poverty

The failure of welfare reform to reduce child poverty

Eliminating welfare and reducing child poverty

Embracing capitalism : investing in our children

Closing : the world we leave our children.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-194) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029412-4

1-281-72394-0

0-19-971937-3

9786611723941

OCLC:

476240481