Changing Poverty, Changing Policies

Name: Changing Poverty, Changing Policies
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ISBN: 9780871543103

ISBN-10: 0871543109

ISBN-13: 9780871543103

Edition: 2009

Authors: Maria Cancian, Sheldon Danziger

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Poverty declined significantly in the decade after Lyndon Johnson s 1964 declaration of War on Poverty. Dramatically increased federal funding for education and training programs, social security benefits, other income support programs, and a growing economy reduced poverty and raised expectations that income poverty could be eliminated within a generation. Yet the official poverty rate has never fallen below its 1973 level and remains higher than the rates in many other advanced economies. In this book, editors Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger and leading poverty researchers assess why the War on Poverty was not won and analyze the most promising strategies to reduce poverty in the…

Book details

List price: $52.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
Publication date: 8/27/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 6.63" wide x 9.25" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Sheldon Danziger is Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.



Contributors


Acknowledgments



Changing Poverty And Changing Antipoverty Policies




Economic Changes, Demographic Changes, And Trends In Poverty



Poverty Levels And Trends In Comparative Perspective




Economic Change And The Structure of Opportunity For Less-Skilled Workers




Family Structure, Childbearing, And Parental Employment: Implications For The Level And Trend In Poverty




Immigration And Poverty In The United States




Mobility And Its Consequences



Enduring Influences of Childhood Poverty




Mobolity In The United States In Comparative Perspective




The Evolution And Scope of Antipoverty Policies



Trends In Income Support




The Role of Family Policies In Antipoverty Policy




Improving Educational Outcomes For Poor Children




WorkForce Development As An Antipoverty Strategy: What Do We Know? What Should We Do?




Health Care For The Poor: For Whom, What Care, And Whose Responsibility?




The Politics of Poverty And Its Meaning In a Rich Country



Poverty Politics And Policy




What Does It Mean To Be Poor In a Rich Society?



Index