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The effects of poverty & the welfare state / the editors of Salem Press.
EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection Available online
EBSCOhost eBook Community College Collection- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Sociology Reference Guide
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Social aspects.
- Welfare state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (v, 78 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work is designed to provide a solid foundation for the research of various sociological topics. This volume brings together a collection of topics that provide an introductory survey of the field of sociology and poverty.
- Contents:
- ""Sociology Reference Guide: The Effects of Poverty & the Welfare State""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Demographics of Poverty""; ""The Poverty Line""; ""Absolute & Relative Poverty""; ""Social Theories of Poverty""; ""Cultural Theories of Poverty""; ""The Poor & the Working Poor""; ""Poverty & Children""; ""The Feminization of Poverty""; ""Poverty & Gender""; ""Aging & Poverty""; ""The Homeless in America""; ""Social Mobility in the U.S.""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 11, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781429834797
- 142983479X
- OCLC:
- 883331251
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