CONFRONTING POVERTY by Sheldon H. Danziger (Editor), etc. (Editor) ( 9780674160828 )

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Title:

CONFRONTING POVERTY
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR CHANGE

By:

Sheldon H. Danziger (Editor), etc. (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

List price:	£40.95
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ISBN 10:

0674160827

ISBN 13:

9780674160828

Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 1994

Series:

Russell Sage Foundation S.

Pages:

576

Synopsis:

Why is there so much poverty in America in the 1990s? What can be done to reduce it? In this book the leading experts review three decades of research on the nature, causes, and consequences of poverty, and prescribe an antipoverty agenda for the next decade. The authors document trends in poverty and income inequality, review government programs and policies, and analyze the public's complicated attitudes concerning these policies. They discuss the persistence and inter-generational transmission of poverty, the extent of welfare dependence, and the emergence of an urban underclass.Confronting Poverty proposes thoughtful reforms in employment and training, child support, health care, education, welfare, immigration, and urban policies, all crafted from the successes, as well as the failures, of policies over the past three decades. Although antipoverty efforts have been frustrated by slow economic growth, rising inequality, and changes in family structure, the authors offer insightful proposals that will help us resolve the American paradox of "poverty amidst plenty."

Illustrations:

39 line illustrations, 39 tables

Publication:

Imprint:

Harvard University Press

Returns:

Returnable

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