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Confronting poverty : prescriptions for change / edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, Daniel H. Weinberg.

Contributor(s): Danziger, Sheldon | Sandefur, Gary D, 1951- | Weinberg, Daniel H
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996Copyright date: ©1994Description: viii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674160827 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780674160828 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Poverty -- United States -- Congresses | Public welfare -- United States -- Congresses | United States -- Social policy -- CongressesDDC classification: 362.5/8/0973 LOC classification: HC110.P6 | C63 1994Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, and Daniel H. Weinberg -- The historical record : trends in family income, inequality, and poverty / S.H. Danziger and D.H. Weinberg -- Public spending on the poor : historical trends and economic limits / G. Burtless -- The dynamics and intergenerational transmission of poverty and welfare participation / P. Gottschalk, S. Mclanahan, and G.D. Sandefur -- The underclass : concept, controversy, and evidence / R.B. Mincy -- Poverty in relation to macroeconomic trends, cycles, and policies / J. Tobin -- The employment strategy : public policies to increase work and earnings / R.M. Blank -- Single-mother families, economic insecurity, and government policy / I. Garfinkel and S. Mclanahan -- Updating urban policy / J.S. Lehman -- Reform of health care for the nonelderly poor / B.L. Wolfe -- Education and the well-being of the next generation / R.J. Murnane -- Systemic educational reform and social mobility : the school Choice controversy / C.F. Manski -- Poverty and immigration in policy perspective / M. Tienda and Z. Liang -- Antipoverty policy, affirmative action, and racial attitudes / L. Bobo and R.A. Smith -- Poverty politics / H. Heclo -- The nature, causes, and cures of poverty : accomplishments from three decades of poverty research and policy / R. Haveman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, and Daniel H. Weinberg -- The historical record : trends in family income, inequality, and poverty / S.H. Danziger and D.H. Weinberg -- Public spending on the poor : historical trends and economic limits / G. Burtless -- The dynamics and intergenerational transmission of poverty and welfare participation / P. Gottschalk, S. Mclanahan, and G.D. Sandefur -- The underclass : concept, controversy, and evidence / R.B. Mincy -- Poverty in relation to macroeconomic trends, cycles, and policies / J. Tobin -- The employment strategy : public policies to increase work and earnings / R.M. Blank -- Single-mother families, economic insecurity, and government policy / I. Garfinkel and S. Mclanahan -- Updating urban policy / J.S. Lehman -- Reform of health care for the nonelderly poor / B.L. Wolfe -- Education and the well-being of the next generation / R.J. Murnane -- Systemic educational reform and social mobility : the school Choice controversy / C.F. Manski -- Poverty and immigration in policy perspective / M. Tienda and Z. Liang -- Antipoverty policy, affirmative action, and racial attitudes / L. Bobo and R.A. Smith -- Poverty politics / H. Heclo -- The nature, causes, and cures of poverty : accomplishments from three decades of poverty research and policy / R. Haveman.

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