Poverty in America: A Handbook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Iceland, John, 1970-

Contributor:

GIC Course Text Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sociology.

Local Subjects:

Sociology.

Edition:

Third edition.

Summary:

The United States is among the most affluent nations in the world and has the 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 third edition of his groundbreaking book, 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, what the root causes of poverty are, and how policy affects poverty. This new edition also includes 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Early Views of Poverty in America 11

2 Methods of Measuring Poverty 22

3 Characteristics of the Poverty Population 39

4 Global Poverty 61

5 Causes of Poverty 79

6 The Great Recession 114

7 Poverty and Policy 130.

ISBN:

9780520276369