LEADER 04346nam 2200625 450 001 9910787795303321 005 20221108063951.0 010 $a0-19-997878-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000426361 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH25701504 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001000752 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12396857 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001000752 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10961128 035 $a(PQKB)10216357 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1389039 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1389039 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10763275 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL522053 035 $a(OCoLC)862113762 035 $a(PPN)179780336 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000426361 100 $a20130315h20132013 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe undeserving poor $eAmerica's enduring confrontation with poverty /$fby Michael B. Katz 205 $aSecond edition /$bfully updated and revised. 210 1$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (352 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-993395-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe undeserving poor: morals, culture and biology -- Poverty and the politics of liberation -- Intellectual foundations of the war on poverty and great society -- Interpretations of poverty in the conservative ascendance -- The rise and fall of the "underclass" -- Epilogue : what kind of a problem is poverty?. 330 8 $a'The Undeserving Poor' is a history of the ideas that underlie America's enduring confrontation with poverty. The book shows that poverty remains a national disgrace in part because of the way we define and think about it - which, in turn, shapes the energy we put, or don't put, into its eradication.$bFirst published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz's new edition of this classic is virtually a new book. As the first did, it will force all concerned Americans to reconsider the foundations of our policies toward the poor, especially in the wake of the Great Recession that began in 2008.Katz highlights how throughout American history, the poor have been regarded as undeserving: people who do not deserve sympathy because they brought their poverty on themselves, either through laziness and immorality, or because they are culturally or mentally deficient. This long-dominant view sees poverty as a personal failure, serving to justify America's mean-spirited treatment of the poor. Katz reminds us, however, that there are other explanations of poverty besides personal failure.Poverty has been written about as a problem of place, of resources, of political economy, of power, and of market failure. Katz looks at each idea in turn, showing how they suggest more effective approaches to our struggle against poverty. The Second Edition includes important new material. It now sheds light on the revival of the idea of culture in poverty research; the rehabilitation of Daniel Patrick Moynihan; the resurgent role of biology in discussions of the causes of poverty, such as in The Bell Curve; and the human rights movement's intensified focus on alleviating world poverty. It emphasizes the successes of the War on Poverty and Great Society, especially at the grassroots level. It is also the first book tochart the rise and fall of the "underclass" as a concept driving public policy.A major revision of a landmark study, The Undeserving Poor helps readers to see poverty-and our efforts to combat it-in a new light. 606 $aPoor$zUnited States 606 $aPoverty$zUnited States 606 $aDiscrimination$zUnited States 606 $aEconomic assistance, Domestic$zUnited States 615 0$aPoor 615 0$aPoverty 615 0$aDiscrimination 615 0$aEconomic assistance, Domestic 676 $a362.5/80973 700 $aKatz$b Michael B.$f1939-$0143530 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787795303321 996 $aThe undeserving poor$93729384 997 $aUNINA