03783nam 2200685Ia 450 991095648780332120200520144314.09780674030176067403017610.4159/9780674030176(CKB)1000000000805459(EBL)3300591(SSID)ssj0000264596(PQKBManifestationID)11205317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264596(PQKBWorkID)10291016(PQKB)11138746(Au-PeEL)EBL3300591(CaPaEBR)ebr10326136(OCoLC)923112265(DE-B1597)574732(DE-B1597)9780674030176(MiAaPQ)EBC3300591(OCoLC)1257324246(Perlego)1133372(EXLCZ)99100000000080545920010807d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding poverty /Sheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. Haveman, editors1st ed.New York Russell Sage Foundation ;Cambridge, MA Harvard University Pressc20011 online resource (576 p.)Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University PressDescription based upon print version of record.9780674007673 0674007670 9780674008762 0674008766 Includes bibliographical references (p. 507-552) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: The Evolution of Poverty and Antipoverty Policy -- PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies -- 1 The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty -- 2 Changes in Family Structure: Implications for Poverty and Related Policy -- 3 The Rising Tide Lifts ...? -- 4 Mobility, Persistence, and the Consequences of Poverty for Children: Child and Adult Outcomes -- 5 U. S. Poverty in a Cross-national Context -- PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies -- 6 The Evolution of Income Support Policy in Recent Decades -- 7 Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants -- 8 Health Policies for the Non-elderly Poor -- 9 Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments -- PART III Neighborhoods, Groups, and Communities -- 10 Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty -- 11 The Memberships Theory of Poverty: The Role of Group Affiliations in Determining Socioeconomic Outcomes -- 12 Community Revitalization, Jobs and the Well-being of the Inner-City Poor -- PART IV Concluding Thoughts -- 13 Politics, Race, and Poverty Research -- 14 Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy After the Technological Revolution -- 15 Research on Poverty and Antipoverty Policies -- Notes -- References -- IndexIn spite of an unprecedented period of growth and prosperity, the poverty rate in the United States remains high relative to the levels of the early 1970s and relative to those in many industrialized countries today. Understanding Poverty brings the problem of poverty in America to the fore, focusing on its nature and extent at the dawn of the twenty-first century.PovertyPoorPoverty.Poor.362.5Danziger Sheldon245584Haveman Robert H112694Russell Sage Foundation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910956487803321Understanding poverty4363128UNINA