Appalachian legacy : economic opportunity after the war on poverty /

In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson traveled to Kentucky's Martin County to declare war on poverty. The following year he signed the Appalachian Regional Development Act, creating a state-federal partnership to improve the region's economic prospects through better job opportunities, improved...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ziliak, James Patrick (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2012]
Temas:
Poverty > Appalachian Region.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Economic history
Economic policy
Poverty
Appalachian Region > Economic policy.
Appalachian Region > Economic conditions.
Appalachian Region
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction : progress and prospects for Appalachia / James P. Ziliak
  • Part I. Progress against poverty. 2. The Appalachian Regional Development Act and economic change / James P. Ziliak
  • 3. Inequality and human capital in Appalachia: 1960-2000 / Dan A. Black and Seth G. Sanders
  • 4. Family change and poverty in Appalachia / Daniel T. Lichter and Lisa A. Cimbaluk
  • Part II. Future challenges for Appalachia. 5. Socioeconomic status, child health, and future outcomes : lessons for Appalachia / Janet Currie and Mariesa Herrmann
  • 6. Cities, economic development, and the role of place-based policies : prospects for Appalachia / Matthew E. Kahn
  • 7. Poverty traps and Appalachia / Steven N. Durlauf.

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