Poverty and power : the problem of structural inequality / Edward Royce, Rollins College.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Royce, Edward Cary, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Physical Description:

xvii, 359 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Other Title:

Poverty & power

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2019]

Summary:

Poverty and Power examines structural inequality in American society with a focus on the issue of poverty. The third edition features new material throughout, including discussions of the 2016 election and current political climate, the geography of poverty, the weakening of the safety net, the declining quality of employment opportunities, and more. Many Americans believe that people are poor because of individual failings, such as lack of skills or work ethic. Poverty and Power challenges this view, showing that American poverty instead is a structural problem, resulting from failings of our political, economic, cultural, and social systems. The book examines the social forces and institutional problems that contribute to growing inequality and the persistence of poverty in the United States. Throughout the book, the author compares individualistic and structural approaches and makes a case for the superiority of a structural perspective on American poverty.

Contents:

Preface to the third edition

Acknowledgments

Poverty as a social problem

Individualistic theories of poverty and inequality

The biogenetic theory of poverty and inequality

The cultural theory of poverty and inequality

The human capital theory of poverty and inequality

A structural perspective on poverty?four systems

The economic system and poverty

The political system and poverty

The cultural system and poverty

The social system and poverty

A structural perspective on poverty?ten obstacles

Structural obstacles and the persistence of poverty (part i)

Structural obstacles and the persistence of poverty (part ii)

Conclusion

Notes

Selected bibliography

Index

About the author.

Notes:

Revised edition of the author's Poverty and power, [2015].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Royce, Edward Cary. Poverty and power.

ISBN:

9781538110447

153811044X

9781538110454

1538110458

OCLC:

1022074539