It Takes a Nation : : A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty - Updated Edition / / Rebecca M. Blank.
As Americans experiment with dismantling the nation's welfare system, clichés and slogans proliferate, ranging from charges that the poor are simply lazy to claims that existing antipoverty programs have failed completely. In this impeccably researched book, Rebecca Blank provides the definitiv...
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Blank, Rebecca M., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut It Takes a Nation : A New Agenda for Fighting Poverty - Updated Edition / Rebecca M. Blank. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018] ©1996 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: The Changing Face of Poverty -- CHAPTER 2: A Changing Economy -- CHAPTER 3: Changing Policy: America's Efforts to Provide a Social Safety Net -- CHAPTER 4: What Do Antipoverty Programs Do? -- CHAPTER 5: Who Should Help the Poor? -- CHAPTER 6: The Movement toward Targeted Programs -- CHAPTER 7: Where Should We Go from Here? -- CHAPTER 8: Conclusions -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star As Americans experiment with dismantling the nation's welfare system, clichés and slogans proliferate, ranging from charges that the poor are simply lazy to claims that existing antipoverty programs have failed completely. In this impeccably researched book, Rebecca Blank provides the definitive antidote to the scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of today's welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective than most people think, she also explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds. It takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty, and this book argues that we should continue to implement a mix of private and public programs. Federal, state, and local assistance should go hand in hand with private efforts at community development and personal empowerment and change. The first part of the book investigates the changing nature of poverty in America. Poverty is harder to combat now than in the past, both because of the changing demographics of who is poor as well as the major deterioration in earnings among less-skilled workers. The second part of the book delves into policies designed to reduce poverty, presenting evidence that many though not all programs have done exactly what they set out to do. The final chapters provide an excellent review of recent policy changes and make workable suggestions for how to improve public assistance programs to assure a safety net, while still encouraging poor adults to find employment and support their families. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Poverty Government policy United States. Public welfare United States. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 9783110442496 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691190259?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691190259 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780691190259.jpg |
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