Poor Support
Poverty In The American Family
Published on 2. October 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-465-05995-9 (ISBN)
Description
The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country's leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why they are poor, and suggests new policies for helping them. Poor Support is a major reinterpretation of the various forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to alleviate the problem.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
345 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-05995-9 (9780465059959)
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Person
David T. Ellwood is professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Content
* Beyond Welfare * Values and the Helping Conundrums * The Transformation of Americas Families * Poverty Among Two-Parent Families * Poverty Among Single-Parent Families * Ghetto Poverty * Choosing a Future