One nation, underprivileged : why American poverty affects us all /

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"Mark Robert Rank shows that the fundamental causes of poverty are to be found in our economic structure and political policy failures, rather than individual shortcomings or attitudes. He establishes for the first time that a significant percentage of Americans will experience poverty during t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Rank, Mark R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Poverty > United States.
Poor > United States.
Poor > Government policy > United States.
Pauvreté > États-Unis.
Pauvres > États-Unis.
Pauvres > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
Poor
Poor > Government policy
Poverty
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Disturbing contrasts
  • Below the line
  • Poverty as a structural failing
  • In our self-interest
  • True to values
  • Essence of citizenship
  • A new paradigm
  • Future directions
  • From the ground up.

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