A Poverty of Imagination - Bootstrap Capitalism, Sequel to Welfare Reform

Tracing the roots of recent US reforms to the early days of the war on poverty, this work describes a social welfare system grown inept, corrupt, and susceptible to conservative redesign. It focuses on the economic barriers impeding movement out of poverty into the American mainstream.

About the author

David Stoesz is the Samuel Wurtzel Professor of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University. Formerly a welfare caseworker in Connecticut and a welfare department director in Maryland, he is the author of Small Change: Domestic Policy under the Clinton Presidency and coauthor of many books, including American Social Welfare Policy.

Summary

Tracing the roots of recent US reforms to the early days of the war on poverty, this work describes a social welfare system grown inept, corrupt, and susceptible to conservative redesign. It focuses on the economic barriers impeding movement out of poverty into the American mainstream.

Product details

• Authors: David Stoesz, David Stoesz
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2000
• EAN: 9780299169503
• ISBN: 978-0-299-16950-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 237 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education