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

This work presents the most recent data on poverty, family structure and participation in welfare programmes. It analyses the causes for the continuing rise in female-headed households, the high rates of poverty among such families, and evaluates past, present and future reform policies.

Sommario

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;

Info autore

Rodgers,

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rodgers
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.1996
• EAN: 9781563246081
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-608-1
• Pagine: 208
• Peso: 453 g
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale; 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 research & statistics, 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, Sociology: family, kinship and relationships, Social welfare, social policy and social services