Families in Poverty (Families in the 21st Century, Vol. 1)
Families in Poverty: Volume 1 in the “Families in the Twenty-First Century Series”, 1/eKaren Seccombe Meenan,Portland State University(HEPM ID: 4935242)Susan J. Ferguson,Grinnell College(HEPM ID: 8391990)ISBN:0205502547Poverty is a social problem and finding solutions requires us to look closely at our society, laws, and social institutions.Families in Povertybrings together the best and most recent quantitative and qualitative data to examine poverty among U.S. families and the problems poor families face, and discusses how solutions to poverty do exist. Some major topics found in the text include:Trends in poverty in the United StatesDiscussion on how poverty is measured and definedCritiques on several explanations of povertyConsequences of poverty on children and adultsLabor market issues such as unemployment, minimum wage, employer-sponsored fringe benefitsPrograms in the United States designed to eliminate or reduce poverty