The poverty paradox : understanding economic hardship amid American prosperity / Rank Mark Robert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rank, Mark R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

United States--Social policy.

United States.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Poverty Paradox

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This book has been quite some time in the making. Across a number of years I have researched, taught, and written about poverty. In my opinion, there are few topics of greater importance. It is a dominant and disturbing feature of the American landscape. Yet despite the hundreds of books, articles, reports, and programs addressing the issue, the United States continues to have the highest rates of poverty among the wealthy countries" --$cProvided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I: Overview

Introduction

Defining, measuring, and counting

Perspectives on poverty

Part II: The structural vulnerability framework

Economic vulnerability and the role of human capital

Cumulative inequality

Two levels of understanding

Part III: The broader context

Building the foundation

Policy implications

Moving forward

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

0-19-767751-7

9780197677513

0-19-021265-9

9780190212650

OCLC:

1349224498