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IT TAKES A NATION
A NEW AGENDA FOR FIGHTING POVERTY |
| By: |
Rebecca M. Blank |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£42.00 |
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£33.60 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0691004013 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780691004013 |
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| Publisher: |
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 September, 1998 |
| Edition: |
Updated edition with a New preface by the author |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Provides an antidote to scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective, this book explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It states that it takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty. |
| Synopsis: |
As Americans experiment with dismantling the nation's welfare system, cliches and slogans proliferate, ranging from charges that the poor are simply lazy to claims that existing antipoverty programs have failed completely. In this impeccably researched book, Rebecca Blank provides the definitive antidote to the scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of today's welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective than most people think, she also explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty, and this book argues that we should continue to implement a mix of private and public programs. Federal, state, and local assistance should go hand in hand with private efforts at community development and personal empowerment and change. The first part of the book investigates the changing nature of poverty in America. Poverty is harder to combat now than in the past, both because of the changing demographics of who is poor as well as the major deterioration in earnings among less-skilled workers.The second part of the book delves into policies designed to reduce poverty, presenting evidence that many though not all programs have done exactly what they set out to do. The final chapters provide an excellent review of recent policy changes and make workable suggestions for how to improve public assistance programs to assure a safety net, while still encouraging poor adults to find employment and support their families. |
| Illustrations: |
34 line drawings 11 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of Richard A. Lester Prize for the Outstanding Book in Labor
Short-listed for Choice's Outstanding Academic Books 1998 (United States) |
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