Confronting poverty, prescriptions for change, edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, Daniel H. Weinberg
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Confronting poverty, prescriptions for change, edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, Daniel H. Weinberg
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-517) and index
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illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Confronting poverty
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
29635168
Responsibility statement
edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, Daniel H. Weinberg
Sub title
prescriptions for change
Table Of Contents
The historical record : trends in family income, inequality, and poverty / S.H. Danziger and D.H. Weinberg -- Public spending on the poor : historical trends and economic limits / G. Burtless -- The dynamics and intergenerational transmission of poverty and welfare participation / P. Gottschalk, S. Mclanahan, and G.D. Sandefur -- The underclass : concept, controversy, and evidence / R.B. Mincy -- Poverty in relation to macroeconomic trends, cycles, and policies / J. Tobin -- The employment strategy : public policies to increase work and earnings / R.M. Blank -- Single-mother families, economic insecurity, and government policy / I. Garfinkel and S. Mclanahan -- Updating urban policy / J.S. Lehman -- Reform of health care for the nonelderly poor / B.L. Wolfe -- Education and the well-being of the next generation / R.J. Murnane -- Systemic educational reform and social mobility : the school Choice controversy / C.F. Manski -- Poverty and immigration in policy perspective / M. Tienda and Z. Liang -- Antipoverty policy, affirmative action, and racial attitudes / L. Bobo and R.A. Smith -- Poverty politics / H. Heclo -- The nature, causes, and cures of poverty : accomplishments from three decades of poverty research and policy / R. Haveman
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