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America's Struggle Against Poverty in the Twentieth Century : Enlarged Edition.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Edition: 4th edDescription: 1 online resource (330 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674041943
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: America's Struggle Against Poverty in the Twentieth CenturyDDC classification:
  • 361.6/1/0973
LOC classification:
  • HN59
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Part I. The Preventive Impulse, 1900-1930 -- 1. Snapshots of the Poor -- 2. The Gospel of Prevention, Progressive Style -- Part II. Coping and Rehabilitation, 1930-1960 -- 3. The Poor in the Depression -- 4. The Early Welfare State -- 5. Withering Away -- Part III. Doors to Opportunity, 1960-1965 -- 6. The Rediscovery of Poverty -- 7. A Culture of Poverty? -- 8. Girding for War on Poverty -- 9. OEO: A Hand Up, Not a Handout -- Part IV. The Unsung Revolution, 1965-1973 -- 10. The Revolution in Social Welfare -- 11. The Welfare Explosion -- 12. Floors and Doors -- Part V. Reactions, 1980-2000 -- 13. Stalemate -- 14. Regression in the Early 1980s -- 15. Welfare Reform: No Consensus -- 16. The Amazing 1990s -- Notes -- Resources -- Index.
Summary: This new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what the author calls the "amazing 1990s," years of extraordinary performance of the economy. He explores issues arising from the economic phenomenon--increasing inequality and demands for use of an improved poverty definition.
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Intro -- Contents -- Part I. The Preventive Impulse, 1900-1930 -- 1. Snapshots of the Poor -- 2. The Gospel of Prevention, Progressive Style -- Part II. Coping and Rehabilitation, 1930-1960 -- 3. The Poor in the Depression -- 4. The Early Welfare State -- 5. Withering Away -- Part III. Doors to Opportunity, 1960-1965 -- 6. The Rediscovery of Poverty -- 7. A Culture of Poverty? -- 8. Girding for War on Poverty -- 9. OEO: A Hand Up, Not a Handout -- Part IV. The Unsung Revolution, 1965-1973 -- 10. The Revolution in Social Welfare -- 11. The Welfare Explosion -- 12. Floors and Doors -- Part V. Reactions, 1980-2000 -- 13. Stalemate -- 14. Regression in the Early 1980s -- 15. Welfare Reform: No Consensus -- 16. The Amazing 1990s -- Notes -- Resources -- Index.

This new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what the author calls the "amazing 1990s," years of extraordinary performance of the economy. He explores issues arising from the economic phenomenon--increasing inequality and demands for use of an improved poverty definition.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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