Confronting Poverty

Prescriptions for Change

Edited by Sheldon H. Danziger

Edited by Gary Sandefur

Edited by Daniel Weinberg

    This is a very balanced and informative study that provides an historical perspective on what has happened to poverty in the United States since its eradication first became a goal of public policy.
       --William J. Hutchison, Social Thought

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Sheldon Danziger is Professor of Social Work and Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Gary Sandefur is Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Daniel H. Weinberg is an economist with the Office of Income Security Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.