Confronting poverty : prescriptions for change / edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, Daniel H. Weinberg.
1994
362.580973 C748
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Title
Confronting poverty : prescriptions for change / edited by Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, Daniel H. Weinberg.
ISBN
0674160819 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0674160827 (paper : acid-free paper)
0674160827 (paper : acid-free paper)
Imprint
New York : Russell Sage Foundation ; Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994.
Language
English
Description
viii, 529 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
362.580973 C748
System Control No.
(OCoLC)29635168
Note
"The chapters in this volume were initially presented at a conference held in May 1992 in Madison, Wisconsin, jointly sponsored by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services"--Pref.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [479]-517) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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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