Poor Women, Poor Children - American Poverty in the 1990s

In this new edition of his acclaimed study of American poverty, Harrell Rodgers carefully analyzes the most recent data on the profile of poor families and the underlying causes of the dramatic increase in chronically poor, mother-only households. After evaluating the record of past anti-poverty efforts, Rodgers examines the many new and proposed approaches to welfare reform, their prospects of success, and the consequences of failure - both for the children of poverty and for a nation that leaves such a high proportion of its citizenry, its future, at risk.

List of contents

Chapter 1 The increasing Numbers of Poor Women and Children; Chapter 2 Poverty Trends and the Feminization of Poverty; Chapter 3 Mother-Only Families: Growth and Causes of Poverty; Chapter 4 The Social Welfare Response; Chapter 5 Social Welfare Lessons from Europe; Chapter 6 Reforming the American Welfare System;

About the author

Rodgers,

Product details

• Authors: Rodgers
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.1996
• EAN: 9781563246074
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-607-4
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, Poverty & unemployment, Social welfare & social services, Sociology: family & relationships, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Social research & statistics, Sociology: family and relationships, Central / national / federal government policies, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Social research and statistics, Central government policies, Poverty and precarity