Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it / Frank Stricker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stricker, Frank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--United States--History--20th century.

Poverty.

Poor--United States--History--20th century.

Poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill [N.C.] : University of North Carolina Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Stricker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Analyzing the War on Poverty, theories of the culture of poverty and the underclass, the effects of Reaganomics, and the 1996 welfare reform, Stricker demonstrates that most antipoverty approaches are futile without the presence (or creation) of good jobs. Stricker notes that since the 1970's, U.S. poverty levels have remained at or above 11%, despite training programs and periods of economic growth.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

pt. 1. The golden age of laissez-faire? : the 50s

1. The 1950s : limited government, limited affluence

pt. 2. Wars on poverty : the 60s

2. Planning the war on poverty : fixing the poor or fixing the economy?

3. Evaluating the war on poverty : the conservatism of liberalism

4. Moynihan, the dissenters, and the racialization of poverty : a liberal turning point that did not turn

5. Statistics and theory of unemployment and poverty : lessons from the 60s and the postwar era

pt. 3. Toward a war on the poor : the 70s and 80s

6. The politics of poverty and welfare in the 70s : from Nixon to Carter

7. Too much work ethic : one reason poverty rates stopped falling in the 70s, and the stories that were told about it

8. Cutting poverty or cutting welfare : conservatives attack liberalism

9. Reagan, Reaganomics, and the American poor, 1980-1992

pt. 4. The poor you will always have with you - if you don't do the right thing : 1993-present

10. Staying poor in the Clinton boom : welfare reform, the nearby labor force, and the limits of the work ethic

11. Bush and beyond : on solving and not solving poverty

Appendix 1 : Unemployment, poverty, earnings, and household structure

Appendix 2 : Groups often left out of antipoverty discussions in the 60s and today

Notes

Bibliographical essay

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908807-7-2

1-4696-0357-8

0-8078-8229-1

OCLC:

707925210