Poverty in America: A HandbookUniversity of California Press, 2006 M02 6 - 223 pages In a remarkably concise, readable, and accessible format, John Iceland provides a comprehensive picture of poverty in America, He shows how poverty is measured and understood and how it has changed over time, as well as how public policies have grappled with poverty as a political issue and an economic reality. This edition has been updated and includes a new preface. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Early Views of Poverty in America | 10 |
3 Methods of Measuring Poverty | 20 |
4 Characteristics of the Poverty Population | 38 |
5 Causes of Poverty | 70 |
6 Why Poverty Remains High Revisited | 98 |
7 Poverty and Policy | 118 |
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