Poverty and Power (eBook)

The Problem of Structural Inequality

Edward Royce (Autor)

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2022 | 4., Fourth Edition
308 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-6757-1 (ISBN)

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Poverty is a serious problem in the United States, more so than commonly imagined, and more so than in other industrialized nations. Most Americans adhere to an individualistic perspective: they believe poverty is largely the result of people being deficient in intelligence, determination, education, and other personal traits. Poverty and Power, Fourth Edition challenges this viewpoint, arguing that poverty arises from the workings of four key structural systemsthe economic, the political, the cultural, and the socialand ten obstacles to economic justice, including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, and racial and gender discrimination. The author argues that a renewed war on poverty can be successful, but only through a popular movement to bring about significant change in the workings of American economic, political, and cultural institutions. New to this EditionEnhanced conversation on why the cultural theory of poverty has such a strong appeal to the American public develops students' critical thinking skills (Chapter 3) New segment on the influence of job seekers' physical appearance on hiring decisions showing that success is not simply a matter of education, skills, and training (Chapter 4)New data on the ';job availability problem' explains in detail why the monthly headline unemployment number is misleading, and new content on the 2021 upsurge of quits on the part of American workers portrays efforts on the part of ordinary people to improve their lives (Chapter 5)New content on how corporations have become increasingly assertive political players explores the dramatic increase in corporate lobbying efforts, the rise of billionaire political activists, and the creation of a powerful conservative political infrastructure in the United States (Chapter 6)Greater attention to racially segregated and resource-deprived Black communities covers the extraordinary hardships experienced by the residents of these areas, while a new section on the geographical isolation of the affluent discusses how isolation affects wealthy people's beliefs and perceptions about poverty and what policies they deem acceptable (Chapter 8)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.6.2022
• Zusatzinfo: 1 Illustrations including: - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
• Schlagworte: affordability • African-American • American dream • bell curve • Biogenetic theory • Black lives matter • black poverty • Causes of Poverty • child care • Child development centers • Child Poverty • collective bargaining • Consumerism • corporations • criminal justice • Discrimination • Early childhood education • Earned Income Tax Credit • economic disparity • Economic Inequality • Economic insecurity • economy • Education • Educational attainment • Education funding • elder poverty and abuse • Employment • Equality • Equal Opportunity • eviction • felons • Food insecurity • Gender Pay Gap • geography of inequality • Gerrymandering • Globalization • graduation rates • Great Recession • Health disparities • Health Risks • Hispanic discrimination • Housing and Urban Development (HUD) • Housing Policy • Housing shortage • human capital theory • Immigration Reform • Individualism • Inequality • intelligence quotient (IQ) • investment and investing • investment capital • Labor Market • Latinx discrimination • media and poverty • media bias • Neoliberalism • organized labor • pension plans • personal responsibility • Poor people • Poverty • public assistance • Public transportation • redlining • Retirement savings • Segregation • Single Mothers • Small Business • Social Justice • Social Networks • Standardizes tests in education • tax cuts • Unemployment • Unions • victim blaming • voting access • Voting Disenfranchisement • Voting rights • Wage decline • Wage growth • Wealth • welfare • worker retraining • Workforce training
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-6757-3 / 1538167573
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-6757-1 / 9781538167571