- Preface
- 1. Introduction [Sheldon H. Danziger, Gary D. Sandefur, and Daniel H. Weinberg]
- 2. The Historical Record: Trends in Family Income, Inequality, and Poverty [Sheldon H. Danziger and Daniel H. Weinberg]
- 3. Public Spending on the Poor: Historical Trends and Economic Limits [Gary Burtless]
- 4. The Dynamics and Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Welfare Participation [Petter Gottschalk, Sara McLanahan, and Gary D. Sandefur]
- 5. The Underclass: Concept, Controversy, and Evidence [Ronald B. Mincy]
- 6. Poverty in Relation to Macroeconomic Trends, Cycles, and Policies [James Tobin]
- 7. The Employment Strategy: Public Policies to Increase Work and Earnings [Rebecca M. Blank]
- 8. Single-Mother Families, Economic Insecurity, and Government Policy [Irwin Garfinkel and Sara McLanahan]
- 9. Updating Urban Policy [Jeffrey S. Lehman]
- 10. Reform of Health Care for the Nonelderly Poor [Barbara L. Wolfe]
- 11. Education and the Well-Being of the Next Generation [Richard J. Murnane]
- 12. Systemic Educational Reform and Social Mobility: The School Choice Controversy [Charles F. Manski]
- 13. Poverty and Immigration in Policy Perspective [Marta Tienda and Zai Liang]
- 14. Antipoverty Policy, Affirmative Action, and Racial Attitudes [Lawrence Bobo and Ryan A. Smith]
- 15. Poverty Politics [Hugh Heclo]
- 16. The Nature, Causes, and Cures of Poverty: Accomplishments from Three Decades of Poverty Research and Policy [Robert Haveman]
- Notes
- References
- Contributors
- Index
RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION BOOKS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Confronting Poverty
Prescriptions for Change
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PAPERBACK
$48.00 • £41.95 • €43.95
ISBN 9780674160828
Publication Date: 11/01/1994
576 pages
6-3/8 x 9-1/4 inches
39 line illustrations, 39 tables
Russell Sage Foundation Books at Harvard University Press
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