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Autore: |
Haskins Ron
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Titolo: |
Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill
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Pubblicazione: | Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
Disciplina: | 305.5/13 |
Soggetto topico: | Social mobility - United States |
Social classes - Economic aspects - United States | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic policy 21st century |
United States Social policy 21st century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: |
SawhillIsabel V
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Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Copyright Information; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Our Vision; Public Values and Attitudes; The Changing Fortunes of the Rich, the Poor, and the Middle Class; Opportunity in the United States; Why Family Background Matters; Perspectives on Poverty; Middle-Class Complaints; Expanding Educational Opportunity; Supporting and Encouraging Work; Strengthening Families; Paying the Bills; Appendix A: Grants, Loans, and Tax Provisions for Postsecondary Students; Appendix B: The Bush Marriage Initiative; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Presents facts and factors that contribute to economic opportunity, looking at how poor, middle class, and rich have fared in recent decades. Proposes a cost-effective agenda for increasing opportunity, consistent with American values, and focuses on improving lives of the young and disadvantaged, emphasizing individual responsibility as indispensable for success"--Provided by publisher. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Creating an opportunity society ![]() |
ISBN: | 9786612403620 |
0-8157-0393-7 | |
1-282-40362-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910455111503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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