ISBN:
9780199933952
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 353 S.
Edition:
2. ed., fully upd. and rev.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
362.580973
Keywords:
Poor / United States
;
Poverty / United States
;
Discrimination / United States
;
Economic assistance, Domestic / United States
;
Armut
;
Diskriminierung
;
USA
;
USA
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Armut
;
Diskriminierung
Description / Table of Contents:
The undeserving poor: morals, culture and biology -- Poverty and the politics of liberation -- Intellectual foundations of the war on poverty and great society -- Interpretations of poverty in the conservative ascendance -- The rise and fall of the "underclass" -- Epilogue : what kind of a problem is poverty?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index