Confronting Poverty (eBook)

Economic Hardship in the United States

Mark Robert Rank (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
200 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5443-5888-8 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Part I: Nature, Extent, and Characteristics of Poverty
Chapter 1: Defining and Measuring
Chapter 2: Patterns and Dynamics
Chapter 3: The Face of Poverty
Part II: Reasons for Poverty
Chapter 4: Individual and Cultural Level Explanations
Chapter 5: Structural Level Explanations
Chapter 6: Putting It Together – Structural Vulnerability
Part III: Effects and Consequences of Poverty
Chapter 7: Individuals and Families
Chapter 8: Communities
Chapter 9: The Nation
Part IV: Addressing and Alleviating Poverty
Chapter 10: Strengthening the Social Safety Net
Chapter 11: Increasing Access to Key Public Goods and Services
Chapter 12: Supporting All Families
Chapter 13: Employment and Universal Basic Income Policies
Chapter 14: Organizing for Social Change
Chapter 15: Conclusion – Confronting Poverty by Empowerment

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.12.2020
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Confronting Poverty: Economic Hardship in the United States • Economic hardship • Economic Inequality • Mark Robert Rank • Mobility • Poverty • Rank, Mark • Status • Stratification
• ISBN-10: 1-5443-5888-1 / 1544358881
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-5888-8 / 9781544358888