Creating an opportunity society [[electronic resource] /] / Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill

• Autore: Haskins Ron
• 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
• Altri autori: SawhillIsabel V
• 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.: 9910807360103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II