Understanding poverty / Sheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. Haveman, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Danziger, Sheldon.

Haveman, Robert H.

Russell Sage Foundation.

Series:

Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty.

Poor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (576 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the United States remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized countries today. Understanding Poverty brings the problem of poverty in America to the fore, focusing on its nature and extent at the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Preface

Introduction: The Evolution of Poverty and Antipoverty Policy

PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies

1 The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty

2 Changes in Family Structure: Implications for Poverty and Related Policy

3 The Rising Tide Lifts ...?

4 Mobility, Persistence, and the Consequences of Poverty for Children: Child and Adult Outcomes

5 U. S. Poverty in a Cross-national Context

6 The Evolution of Income Support Policy in Recent Decades

7 Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants

8 Health Policies for the Non-elderly Poor

9 Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments

PART III Neighborhoods, Groups, and Communities

10 Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty

11 The Memberships Theory of Poverty: The Role of Group Affiliations in Determining Socioeconomic Outcomes

12 Community Revitalization, Jobs and the Well-being of the Inner-City Poor

PART IV Concluding Thoughts

13 Politics, Race, and Poverty Research

14 Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy After the Technological Revolution

15 Research on Poverty and Antipoverty Policies

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-552) and index.

ISBN:

9780674030176

0674030176

OCLC:

923112265