One Nation, Underprivileged Why American Poverty Affects Us All

Name: One Nation, Underprivileged Why American Poverty Affects Us All
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ISBN: 9780195189728

ISBN-10: 0195189728

ISBN-13: 9780195189728

Edition: 2005 (Annotated)

Authors: Mark Robert Rank

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Despite its enormous wealth, the United States leads the industrialized world in poverty. One Nation, Underprivileged unravels this disturbing paradox by offering a unique and radically different understanding of American poverty. It debunks many of our most common myths about the poor, while at the same time provides a powerful new framework for addressing this enormous social and economic problem. Mark Robert Rank vividly shows that the fundamental causes of poverty are to be found in our economic structure and political policy failures, rather than individual shortcomings or attitudes. He establishes for the first time that a significant percentage of Americans will experience poverty…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




The Nature of American Poverty



Disturbing Contrasts



Below the Line



Poverty as a Structural Failing



A Cause for Concern



In Our Self Interest



True to Values



Essence of Citizenship



Creating Fundamental Change



A New Paradigm



Future Directions



From the Ground Up



Sources of Data



Additional Life Table Analyses


Bibliography