America′s Struggle against Poverty in the Twentieth Century, Enlarged Edition

4. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-674-00434-4
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 467 g

This new edition of Patterson's widely used book carries the story of battles over poverty and social welfare through what the author calls the "amazing 1990s," those years of extraordinary performance of the economy. He explores a range of issues arising from the economic phenomenon--increasing inequality and demands for use of an improved poverty definition. He focuses the story on the impact of the highly controversial welfare reform of 1996, passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Democratic President Clinton, despite the laments of anguished liberals.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Patterson, James T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Über Autor(innen)

Patterson, James T.
James T. Patterson is Professor of History, Emeritus, at Brown University.