Child Poverty and Inequality Securing a Better Future for America's Children

Name: Child Poverty and Inequality Securing a Better Future for America's Children
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ISBN: 9780195305449

ISBN-10: 0195305442

ISBN-13: 9780195305449

Edition: 2007

Authors: Duncan Lindsey

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One of the United States great promises is that all children will be given the opportunity to work to achieve a comfortable standard of living. That promise has faded profoundly for children who grow up in poverty, particularly black and Hispanic children, and many of the deepening fault lines in the social order are traceable to this disparity. In recent years the promise has also begun to fade for children of the middle class. Education and hard work, once steady paths to economic success, no longer lead as far as they once did. But that doesnt have to be the case, as Duncan Lindsey shows in this articulate, impassioned volume. We can provide true opportunity to all children, insuring…

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List price: $63.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/12/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.57" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.034




The Color of Child Poverty



Wealth and Poverty among America's Children



From the Era of the Middle Class to the Era of the Wealthy Class



One Down, One to Go: Government Efforts to End Poverty among Seniors and Children



The Failure of Welfare Reform for Poor Children



An End to Welfare and Maybe Even Child Poverty



Embracing Wealth: An Asset Building Approach to Ensuring Opportunity for All ChildrenClosing


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