Poverty and the government in America
Subtitle: a historical encyclopedia
By: [edited by] Jyotsna Sreenivasan.
Contributors: Sreenivasan, Jyotsna.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 682
ISBN-13: 9781598841688; 9781598841695
Subjects: Poverty -- Government policy -- United States -- Encyclopedias; Public welfare -- United States -- Encyclopedias
Genres: Encyclopedias
Description: It wasn't until the Great Depression that Americans decided their government should help its economically distressed citizens. Yet the issue of government efforts to reduce poverty remains controversial, with programs consuming large portions of the federal, state and local budgets, and with the argument over whether poverty is a personal failure or a national one still ongoing. Poverty and the Government in America: A Historical encyclopedia is an authoritative, unbiased examination of this important, lightning-rod issue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.