Poverty and Public Policy
An Analysis of Federal Intervention Efforts
Published on 17. September 1986
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-0-313-24942-6 (ISBN)
Description
?The authors attempt to analyze federal poverty programs in order to determine their effectiveness. ... The book's major contention is that the two types of programs (those providing direct aid and those aimed at increasing self-sufficiency) must each be analyzed separately on its own terms. The authors conclude that direct aid programs are much more effective in relieving poverty than self-sufficiency programs, but point out it is much more difficult to measure the impact of the latter. In their conclusion, the authors press for the continuation of direct aid programs. ...?-Choice
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
546 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-313-24942-6 (9780313249426)
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The author was a Combat Engineer (1983-1987) and Psychiatric Technician (1992-2019). He graduated from SSU in 1992. He has spent his life straddling the fence between the righteous and the wicked, between poetry and pragmatism, thinking and doing, getting laid and getting serious, going out for a walk, and coming back.