Handbook of families and poverty / / D. Russell Crane, Tim B. Heaton, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles, : Sage Publications, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 495 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
CraneD. Russell
HeatonTim B |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - United States
Poor families - United States Families - United States Economic assistance, Domestic - United States Public welfare - United States |
ISBN |
1-78268-906-0
1-4522-1456-5 1-4129-7659-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I: WHAT WELFARE CAN AND CANNOT DO; 1 - Innovation in Social Policy; 2 - Social Policy and Marriage; 3 - Working Families Should Not Be Poor; 4 - Who Will Care When Parents Can't?; Part II: POVERTY AMONG DIVERSE POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS; 5 - Understanding the Processes Through Which Economic Hardship Influences Families and Children; 6 - Early Childhood Education and Care; 7 - Appalachian Families and Poverty; 8 - Poverty and Economic Polarization Among Children in Racial Minority and Immigrant Families
9 - Processes of Poverty and Social Exclusion in Poor Families10 - Mexican American Families and Poverty; 11 - Mexican Immigrant Childbearing Women; 12 - Food Insecurity and Provisioning; 13 - How Economically Disadvantaged Are American Elderly Women?; 14 - The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on the Community Functioning of People With Serious Mental Illnessand Their Families; 15 - Addiction and Medicaid; 16 - Incarceration, Poverty, and Families; 17 - Children's Time Use and Parental Involvement in Low-Income Families; 18 - Cognitive and Emotional Outcomes for Children in Poverty 19 - Challenging Social Inequalities in HealthPart III: INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION FOR WORKING WITH POOR FAMILIES; 20 - Giving Head Start a Fresh Start; 21 - Grandparents; 22 - Poor Fathers' Involvement in the Lives of Their Children; 23 - The Health-Care Safety Netfor Mexican-Origin Families; 24 - Federal Policy Efforts to Improve Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Families by Supporting Marriage and Family Stability; 25 - Microenterprise; 26 - Working With Families in Poverty; 27 - Increasing Marriage Would Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty; Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826987203321 |
Los Angeles, : Sage Publications, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Legacies of the war on poverty / / edited by Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Collana | National poverty series on poverty and public policy |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - United States
Poverty - Government policy - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-61044-814-6
1-61044-806-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Legacies of the War on Poverty / Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger ; Part I. Increasing Human Capital, Employment, and Earnings; Chapter 2. Head Start Origins and Impacts / Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas L. Miller ; Chapter 3. The K-12 Education Battle / Elizabeth Cascio and Sarah Reber ; Chapter 4. Supporting Access to Higher Education / Bridget Terry Long ; Chapter 5. Workforce Development Programs / Harry J. Holzer ; Part II. Raising Incomes and Living Standards
Chapter 6. The Safety Net for Families with Children / Jane Waldfogel Chapter 7. The Safety Net for the Elderly / Kathleen McGarry ; Chapter 8. Performance and Legacy of Housing Policies / Edgar O. Olsen and Jens Ludwig ; Part III. Improving Access to Medical Care and Health; Chapter 9. Health Programs for Non-Elderly Adults and Children / Barbara Wolfe ; Chapter 10. Medicare and Medicaid / Katherine Swartz ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463265203321 |
New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Legacies of the war on poverty / / edited by Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Collana | National poverty series on poverty and public policy |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - United States
Poverty - Government policy - United States |
ISBN |
1-61044-814-6
1-61044-806-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Legacies of the War on Poverty / Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger ; Part I. Increasing Human Capital, Employment, and Earnings; Chapter 2. Head Start Origins and Impacts / Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas L. Miller ; Chapter 3. The K-12 Education Battle / Elizabeth Cascio and Sarah Reber ; Chapter 4. Supporting Access to Higher Education / Bridget Terry Long ; Chapter 5. Workforce Development Programs / Harry J. Holzer ; Part II. Raising Incomes and Living Standards
Chapter 6. The Safety Net for Families with Children / Jane Waldfogel Chapter 7. The Safety Net for the Elderly / Kathleen McGarry ; Chapter 8. Performance and Legacy of Housing Policies / Edgar O. Olsen and Jens Ludwig ; Part III. Improving Access to Medical Care and Health; Chapter 9. Health Programs for Non-Elderly Adults and Children / Barbara Wolfe ; Chapter 10. Medicare and Medicaid / Katherine Swartz ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787834603321 |
New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Legacies of the war on poverty / / edited by Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (322 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Collana | National poverty series on poverty and public policy |
Soggetto topico |
Public welfare - United States
Poverty - Government policy - United States |
ISBN |
1-61044-814-6
1-61044-806-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents ; Tables and Figures; About the Authors; Chapter 1. Legacies of the War on Poverty / Martha J. Bailey and Sheldon Danziger ; Part I. Increasing Human Capital, Employment, and Earnings; Chapter 2. Head Start Origins and Impacts / Chloe Gibbs, Jens Ludwig, and Douglas L. Miller ; Chapter 3. The K-12 Education Battle / Elizabeth Cascio and Sarah Reber ; Chapter 4. Supporting Access to Higher Education / Bridget Terry Long ; Chapter 5. Workforce Development Programs / Harry J. Holzer ; Part II. Raising Incomes and Living Standards
Chapter 6. The Safety Net for Families with Children / Jane Waldfogel Chapter 7. The Safety Net for the Elderly / Kathleen McGarry ; Chapter 8. Performance and Legacy of Housing Policies / Edgar O. Olsen and Jens Ludwig ; Part III. Improving Access to Medical Care and Health; Chapter 9. Health Programs for Non-Elderly Adults and Children / Barbara Wolfe ; Chapter 10. Medicare and Medicaid / Katherine Swartz ; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806146403321 |
New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2013] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The war on welfare [[electronic resource] ] : family, poverty, and politics in modern America / / Marisa Chappell |
Autore | Chappell Marisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 345 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Collana | Politics and culture in modern America |
Soggetto topico |
Aid to families with dependent children programs - United States - History - 20th century
Poor women - Government policy - United States Public welfare - United States - History - 20th century Welfare recipients - Employment - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89010-0
0-8122-0156-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reconstructing the Black Family: The Liberal Antipoverty Coalition in the 1960's -- Chapter 2. Legislating the Male-Breadwinner Family: The Family Assistance Plan -- Chapter 3. Building a New Majority: Welfare and Economic Justice in the 1970's -- Chapter 4. Debating the Family Wage: Welfare Reform in the Carter Administration -- Chapter 5. Relinquishing Responsibility for Poor Families: Reagan's Family Wage for the Wealthy -- Conclusion: Beyond the Family Wage -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463373903321 |
Chappell Marisa | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The war on welfare [[electronic resource] ] : family, poverty, and politics in modern America / / Marisa Chappell |
Autore | Chappell Marisa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 345 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Collana | Politics and culture in modern America |
Soggetto topico |
Aid to families with dependent children programs - United States - History - 20th century
Poor women - Government policy - United States Public welfare - United States - History - 20th century Welfare recipients - Employment - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Political Science Public Policy |
ISBN |
1-283-89010-0
0-8122-0156-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reconstructing the Black Family: The Liberal Antipoverty Coalition in the 1960's -- Chapter 2. Legislating the Male-Breadwinner Family: The Family Assistance Plan -- Chapter 3. Building a New Majority: Welfare and Economic Justice in the 1970's -- Chapter 4. Debating the Family Wage: Welfare Reform in the Carter Administration -- Chapter 5. Relinquishing Responsibility for Poor Families: Reagan's Family Wage for the Wealthy -- Conclusion: Beyond the Family Wage -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788595203321 |
Chappell Marisa | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The war on welfare : family, poverty, and politics in modern America / / Marisa Chappell |
Autore | Chappell Marisa |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 345 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Collana | Politics and culture in modern America |
Soggetto topico |
Aid to families with dependent children programs - United States - History - 20th century
Poor women - Government policy - United States Public welfare - United States - History - 20th century Welfare recipients - Employment - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
American History
American Studies Political Science Public Policy |
ISBN |
1-283-89010-0
0-8122-0156-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reconstructing the Black Family: The Liberal Antipoverty Coalition in the 1960's -- Chapter 2. Legislating the Male-Breadwinner Family: The Family Assistance Plan -- Chapter 3. Building a New Majority: Welfare and Economic Justice in the 1970's -- Chapter 4. Debating the Family Wage: Welfare Reform in the Carter Administration -- Chapter 5. Relinquishing Responsibility for Poor Families: Reagan's Family Wage for the Wealthy -- Conclusion: Beyond the Family Wage -- Notes -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822363903321 |
Chappell Marisa | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it [[electronic resource] /] / Frank Stricker |
Autore | Stricker Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - United States - History - 20th century
Poor - United States - History - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4696-0357-8
0-8078-8229-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface -- Introduction -- ; pt. 1. The golden age of laissez-faire? : the 50s -- ; 1. The 1950s : limited government, limited affluence -- ; pt. 2. Wars on poverty : the 60s -- ; 2. Planning the war on poverty : fixing the poor or fixing the economy? -- ; 3. Evaluating the war on poverty : the conservatism of liberalism -- ; 4. Moynihan, the dissenters, and the racialization of poverty : a liberal turning point that did not turn -- ; 5. Statistics and theory of unemployment and poverty : lessons from the 60s and the postwar era -- ; pt. 3. Toward a war on the poor : the 70s and 80s -- ; 6. The politics of poverty and welfare in the 70s : from Nixon to Carter -- ; 7. Too much work ethic : one reason poverty rates stopped falling in the 70s, and the stories that were told about it -- ; 8. Cutting poverty or cutting welfare : conservatives attack liberalism -- ; 9. Reagan, Reaganomics, and the American poor, 1980-1992 -- ; pt. 4. The poor you will always have with you - if you don't do the right thing : 1993-present -- ; 10. Staying poor in the Clinton boom : welfare reform, the nearby labor force, and the limits of the work ethic -- ; 11. Bush and beyond : on solving and not solving poverty --
Appendix 1 : Unemployment, poverty, earnings, and household structure -- Appendix 2 : Groups often left out of antipoverty discussions in the 60s and today -- Notes -- Bibliographical essay -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459733203321 |
Stricker Frank | ||
Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it [[electronic resource] /] / Frank Stricker |
Autore | Stricker Frank |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.5/560973 |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - United States - History - 20th century
Poor - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-4696-0357-8
0-8078-8229-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface -- Introduction -- ; pt. 1. The golden age of laissez-faire? : the 50s -- ; 1. The 1950s : limited government, limited affluence -- ; pt. 2. Wars on poverty : the 60s -- ; 2. Planning the war on poverty : fixing the poor or fixing the economy? -- ; 3. Evaluating the war on poverty : the conservatism of liberalism -- ; 4. Moynihan, the dissenters, and the racialization of poverty : a liberal turning point that did not turn -- ; 5. Statistics and theory of unemployment and poverty : lessons from the 60s and the postwar era -- ; pt. 3. Toward a war on the poor : the 70s and 80s -- ; 6. The politics of poverty and welfare in the 70s : from Nixon to Carter -- ; 7. Too much work ethic : one reason poverty rates stopped falling in the 70s, and the stories that were told about it -- ; 8. Cutting poverty or cutting welfare : conservatives attack liberalism -- ; 9. Reagan, Reaganomics, and the American poor, 1980-1992 -- ; pt. 4. The poor you will always have with you - if you don't do the right thing : 1993-present -- ; 10. Staying poor in the Clinton boom : welfare reform, the nearby labor force, and the limits of the work ethic -- ; 11. Bush and beyond : on solving and not solving poverty --
Appendix 1 : Unemployment, poverty, earnings, and household structure -- Appendix 2 : Groups often left out of antipoverty discussions in the 60s and today -- Notes -- Bibliographical essay -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785648203321 |
Stricker Frank | ||
Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Why America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win it / / Frank Stricker |
Autore | Stricker Frank |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (360 p.) |
Disciplina |
362.5/560973
362.5560973 |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - United States - History - 20th century
Poor - United States - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-4696-0357-8
0-8078-8229-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Preface -- Introduction -- ; pt. 1. The golden age of laissez-faire? : the 50s -- ; 1. The 1950s : limited government, limited affluence -- ; pt. 2. Wars on poverty : the 60s -- ; 2. Planning the war on poverty : fixing the poor or fixing the economy? -- ; 3. Evaluating the war on poverty : the conservatism of liberalism -- ; 4. Moynihan, the dissenters, and the racialization of poverty : a liberal turning point that did not turn -- ; 5. Statistics and theory of unemployment and poverty : lessons from the 60s and the postwar era -- ; pt. 3. Toward a war on the poor : the 70s and 80s -- ; 6. The politics of poverty and welfare in the 70s : from Nixon to Carter -- ; 7. Too much work ethic : one reason poverty rates stopped falling in the 70s, and the stories that were told about it -- ; 8. Cutting poverty or cutting welfare : conservatives attack liberalism -- ; 9. Reagan, Reaganomics, and the American poor, 1980-1992 -- ; pt. 4. The poor you will always have with you - if you don't do the right thing : 1993-present -- ; 10. Staying poor in the Clinton boom : welfare reform, the nearby labor force, and the limits of the work ethic -- ; 11. Bush and beyond : on solving and not solving poverty --
Appendix 1 : Unemployment, poverty, earnings, and household structure -- Appendix 2 : Groups often left out of antipoverty discussions in the 60s and today -- Notes -- Bibliographical essay -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819255303321 |
Stricker Frank | ||
Chapel Hill [N.C.], : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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