James Jennings

Understanding the Nature of Poverty in Urban America

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is designed to help readers navigate through the vast and rapidly growing literature on poverty in urban America. The major themes, topics, debates, and issues are examined through an analysis of eight basic questions about the nature and problem of urban poverty: *What is poverty, and how is it measured? *What kinds of national policies have been utilized to manage poverty? *What are the major characteristics and trends associated with poverty in America, and how are race and ethnicity reflected in these trends? *What are the major explanations for persistent poverty in the United States? *What are the major characteristics and themes reflected in the American welfare system and anti-poverty policies? *How is the underclass defined and explained? *How have the poor utilized political mobilization to fight poverty in the United States? *How does social welfare policy directed at poverty in America compare to social welfare systems in other countries? After analyzing these issues, Jennings concludes with a brief overview of how public discussions related to poverty in the 1990s are similar to such debates in earlier periods. Essential reading for urban policy makers, social scientists, and students of contemporary American urban concerns.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 351g
• ISBN-13: 9780275949846
• ISBN-10: 0275949842
• Artikelnr.: 22343650

Autorenporträt

JAMES JENNINGS is a Political Scientist and Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute, University of Massachusetts at Boston. He has lectured and published widely on black and Latino politics in the United States and abroad, and has recently published Understanding the Nature of Poverty in Urban America (Praeger, 1994). Among his earlier books are From Access to Power: Black Politics in Boston, The Politics of Black Empowerment, Puerto Rican Politics in Urban America (Greenwood Press, 1984), and Race, Politics and Economic Development: Community Perspectives.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables and Figures Preface Acknowledgments Introduction What Is Poverty,
and How Is Poverty Measured by the Federal Government? What Kinds of
National Policies Have Been Utilized to Manage Poverty?--From the New Deal
to the Clinton Administration What Are the Major Characteristics and Trends
Associated with Poverty in the United States, and How Are Race and
Ethnicity Reflected in These Trends? What Are the Major Explanations for
Persistent Poverty in the United States? What Are the Major Characteristics
and Themes Reflected in the United States Welfare System and Anti-Poverty
Policies? How Is the "Underclass" Defined and Explained? How Have the Poor
Utilized Political Mobilization to Fight Poverty in the United States? How
Does Social Welfare Policy Directed at Poverty in the United States Compare
to Social Welfare Systems in Other Countries? Conclusion Notes Index