The American way of poverty : how the other half still lives / Sasha Abramsky.
By: Abramsky, Sasha
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : Nation Books, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xii, 355 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated ISBN: 9781568587264 (hardback); 9781568589558 (ebk.).Subject(s): Poverty -- United States | Poor -- United States | Equality -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-DDC classification: 362.50973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 362.50973 Ab837 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003485323 |
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| 362.5 V886 Poor people / | 362.5 W585 Rude awakenings : what the homeless crisis tells us / | 362.5 W699 The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy / | 362.50973 Ab837 2013 The American way of poverty : how the other half still lives / | 362.50973 T511 2015 Hand to mouth : living in bootstrap America / | 362.58 C236 No free lunch : one man's journey from welfare to the American dream / | 362.6 B456 Caring for yourself while caring for your aging parents : how to help, how to survive / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A scandal in the making -- The voices of poverty. Poverty in the land of the plutocrats ; Blame games ; An American dilemma ; The fragile safety net ; The wrong side of the tracks ; Stuck in reverse -- Building a new and better house. Why now? ; Shoring up the safety net ; Breaking the cycle of poverty ; Boosting economic security for the working poor ; Attention must be paid.
A look at the effects of economic inequality and lays out a blueprint for a reinvigorated political process that, in turn, will pave the way for a renewed War on Poverty.
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