New Poverty Families in Postmodern Society

Name: New Poverty Families in Postmodern Society
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ISBN: 9780275965846

ISBN-10: 0275965848

ISBN-13: 9780275965846

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Authors: David Cheal

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The "new poverty" is about the economic fall of individuals and countries who used to be affluent and who once dreamed that their affluence would go on forever. It is about the experience of free-falling, without a parachute and without much of a safety net. The new poverty is about people who lose their jobs when their company "downsizes." It is about people whose hours of employment are cut in half when the work runs out. And it is about couples who separate, thereby plunging one of them--and probably their children--into a low income level that they had never anticipated. What is new about the new poverty is the sense of surprise--that poverty can hit so suddenly, that people can fall so…

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List price: $45.00
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 3/30/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

David Cheal is Professor of Sociology at the University of Winnipeg.



Illustrations


Preface


Families in Postmodernity Poverty and Progress


Sorting Out the Poor Marriage and its Aftermath


The Birth of Poverty Family Work Systems Shallow Income Pools


The Economic Life Course Shifting Entitlements


The Postmodernization of Poverty


Bibliography