02678nam 2200577 a 450 991082181970332120230803030101.00-8157-2391-1(CKB)2670000000358256(EBL)1191571(SSID)ssj0000885884(PQKBManifestationID)11492525(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000885884(PQKBWorkID)10816263(PQKB)11031655(MiAaPQ)EBC1191571(Au-PeEL)EBL1191571(CaPaEBR)ebr10713276(CaONFJC)MIL492324(OCoLC)852756501(EXLCZ)99267000000035825620130319d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrConfronting suburban poverty in America[electronic resource] /Elizabeth Kneebone, Alan BerubeWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press20131 online resource (324 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-2390-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Poverty and the suburbs: an introduction -- Suburban poverty, by the numbers -- Behind the numbers: what's driving suburban poverty? -- The implications of suburban poverty -- Fighting today's poverty with yesterday's policies -- Innovating locally to confront suburban poverty -- Modernizing the metropolitan opportunity agenda.It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960's tackling poverty ""in place"" meant focusing resources in the inner city and in rural areas. The suburbs were seen as home to middle- and upper-class families-affluent commuters and homeowners looking for good schools and safe communities in which to raise their kids. But today's America is a very different place. Poverty is no longer just an urban or rural problem, but increasingly a suburban one as well. In Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, Elizabeth Kneebone and AlanPoorGovernment policyUnited StatesPoorUnited StatesSuburbsUnited StatesEconomic conditionsPoorGovernment policyPoorSuburbsEconomic conditions.362.5/560973091733Kneebone Elizabeth1685820Berube Alan1625922MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821819703321Confronting suburban poverty in America4058247UNINA