LEADER 03667nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910810872203321 005 20240416151919.0 010 $a0-674-03017-6 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674030176 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805459 035 $a(EBL)3300591 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264596 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205317 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264596 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10291016 035 $a(PQKB)11138746 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326136 035 $a(OCoLC)923112265 035 $a(DE-B1597)574732 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674030176 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300591 035 $a(OCoLC)1257324246 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805459 100 $a20010807d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aUnderstanding poverty /$fSheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. Haveman, editors 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRussell Sage Foundation ;$aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$dc2001 215 $a1 online resource (576 p.) 225 0 $aRussell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-00767-0 311 $a0-674-00876-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 507-552) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tContributors -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction: The Evolution of Poverty and Antipoverty Policy -- $tPART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies -- $t1 The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty -- $t2 Changes in Family Structure: Implications for Poverty and Related Policy -- $t3 The Rising Tide Lifts ...? -- $t4 Mobility, Persistence, and the Consequences of Poverty for Children: Child and Adult Outcomes -- $t5 U. S. Poverty in a Cross-national Context -- $tPART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies -- $t6 The Evolution of Income Support Policy in Recent Decades -- $t7 Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants -- $t8 Health Policies for the Non-elderly Poor -- $t9 Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments -- $tPART III Neighborhoods, Groups, and Communities -- $t10 Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty -- $t11 The Memberships Theory of Poverty: The Role of Group Affiliations in Determining Socioeconomic Outcomes -- $t12 Community Revitalization, Jobs and the Well-being of the Inner-City Poor -- $tPART IV Concluding Thoughts -- $t13 Politics, Race, and Poverty Research -- $t14 Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy After the Technological Revolution -- $t15 Research on Poverty and Antipoverty Policies -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aPoverty 606 $aPoor 615 0$aPoverty. 615 0$aPoor. 676 $a362.5 701 $aDanziger$b Sheldon$0245584 701 $aHaveman$b Robert H$0112694 712 02$aRussell Sage Foundation. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810872203321 996 $aUnderstanding poverty$94055839 997 $aUNINA