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Poor Participation : Fighting the Wars on Poverty and Impoverished Citizenship.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Democratic Dilemmas and Policy Responsiveness SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498538947
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Poor ParticipationDDC classification:
  • 362.55610973
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch01. Poverty, Participation, and an Emergent New Path for the 21st Century -- Ch02. About "Us" -- Ch03. With or Without Us -- Ch04. Representation of the Included-In and Included-Out -- Ch05. Historical Development of Poverty Policies -- Ch06. Case Study of Community Development Block Grant Program -- Ch07. War on Poverty and Impoverished Citizenship for the 21st Century -- Ch08. Organizing the Power Structure to Address Poverty and Refugees -- Ch09. The Wars on Poverty and Impoverished Citizenship at Home and Abroad -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: This book presents a philosophy of and strategies for a war on poverty and impoverished citizenship for the twenty-first century. It focuses on the United States, with comparison to some international experiences, and considers poverty in all its forms--subsistence, agency, and status.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Ch01. Poverty, Participation, and an Emergent New Path for the 21st Century -- Ch02. About "Us" -- Ch03. With or Without Us -- Ch04. Representation of the Included-In and Included-Out -- Ch05. Historical Development of Poverty Policies -- Ch06. Case Study of Community Development Block Grant Program -- Ch07. War on Poverty and Impoverished Citizenship for the 21st Century -- Ch08. Organizing the Power Structure to Address Poverty and Refugees -- Ch09. The Wars on Poverty and Impoverished Citizenship at Home and Abroad -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the Authors.

This book presents a philosophy of and strategies for a war on poverty and impoverished citizenship for the twenty-first century. It focuses on the United States, with comparison to some international experiences, and considers poverty in all its forms--subsistence, agency, and status.

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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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