Confronting Poverty
Prescriptions for Change
Published on 1. November 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
576 pages
978-0-674-16082-8 (ISBN)
Description
Why is there so much poverty in America in the 1990s? What can be done to reduce it? In this book the leading experts review three decades of research on the nature, causes, and consequences of poverty, and prescribe an antipoverty agenda for the next decade. The authors document trends in poverty and income inequality, review government programs and policies, and analyze the public's complicated attitudes concerning these policies. They discuss the persistence and inter-generational transmission of poverty, the extent of welfare dependence, and the emergence of an urban underclass.
Confronting Poverty proposes thoughtful reforms in employment and training, child support, health care, education, welfare, immigration, and urban policies, all crafted from the successes, as well as the failures, of policies over the past three decades. Although antipoverty efforts have been frustrated by slow economic growth, rising inequality, and changes in family structure, the authors offer insightful proposals that will help us resolve the American paradox of "poverty amidst plenty."
Confronting Poverty proposes thoughtful reforms in employment and training, child support, health care, education, welfare, immigration, and urban policies, all crafted from the successes, as well as the failures, of policies over the past three decades. Although antipoverty efforts have been frustrated by slow economic growth, rising inequality, and changes in family structure, the authors offer insightful proposals that will help us resolve the American paradox of "poverty amidst plenty."
Reviews / Votes
This is a very balanced and informative study that provides an historical perspective on what has happened to poverty in the United States since its eradication first became a goal of public policy. -- William J. Hutchison * Social Thought * Confronting Poverty includes some of the most thoughtful essays ever written on poverty and public policy. -- William Julius Wilson, University of Chicago This timely book should provide powerful ammunition for a new assault on poverty. -- Eddie N. Williams, President, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Danziger and Weinberg gave us Fighting Poverty in 1986 and I have used it every year since as the work from which students can best learn about poverty problems and policy. In Confronting Poverty an array of leading scholars not only update but extend the review to cover important new areas: the urban underclass, single-mother families, immigration, and the dynamics and intergenerational transmission of poverty and welfare. This is an important-and readable-source book for anyone concerned with these issues. -- Robinson Hollister, Swarthmore CollegeMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
39 line illustrations, 39 tables
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-674-16082-8 (9780674160828)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Sheldon H. Danziger is Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Gary D. Sandefur is Provost and Senior Vice President at Oklahoma State University. Daniel H. Weinberg is an economist with the Office of Income Security Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.