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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780231903321

Autore

Miller-Adams Michelle <1959->

Titolo

Owning up [[electronic resource] ] : poverty, assets, and the American dream / / Michelle Miller-Adams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2002

ISBN

1-280-81267-2

9786610812677

0-8157-0641-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

362.50973

362.582

Soggetti

Poverty - Government policy - United States

Poor - United States - Finance, Personal

Saving and investment - Government policy - United States

Economic assistance, Domestic - United States

Public welfare - United States

Welfare recipients - United States - Economic conditions

United States Economic conditions 1981-2001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE:  Building Assets; CHAPTER TWO:  Coming Home; CHAPTER THREE:  On Common Ground; CHAPTER FOUR:  Work with a Future; CHAPTER FIVE:  Making It Her Business; CHAPTER SIX:  Can the Poor Save?; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text is about assets and the difference they can make in the lives of the poor. It expands the concept of asset building to encompass a range of skills and support systems that are necessary to lift people out of poverty. It identifies four types of asset: economic, human, social and natural.