The war on poverty
Subtitle: a retrospective
By: edited by Kyle Farmbry
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780739190784
Subjects: Poor; Government policy; Public welfare; Domestic Economic assistance; Poverty; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The War on Poverty - Some Initial Thoughts  -- Kyle Farmbry; title: The Poverty-Policy Link: Three Examples  -- Sebawit G. Bishu and Mohamad G. Alkadry; title: Women and Children First?: How Low-Income Female-Headed Families Have Fared since the War on Poverty  -- Regina Malveaux and Rachel Dolezal; title: Immigration and Poverty  -- Portia Dinoso Campos; title: "The Movement's Broadway": Race, Poverty, Education, and Health Care in the State of Mississippi  -- Jennifer A. Stollman and Susan M. Glisson; title: Poverty in Appalachia  -- Joanna Maulbeck; title: War as Metaphor: The Convergence of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs  -- Keesha M. Middlemass; title: Poverty and Juvenile Justice: Exploring the Intersections, Identifying the Solutions  -- Al Passarella; title: Home Sweet Home: Race, Housing, and the Foreclosure Crisis  -- Rosie Jayde Uyola; title: Not in My Backyard: An Examination of Suburban Gentrification as a Tool for Combating Poverty  -- Portia Allen-Kyle; title: Poverty and Health Care  -- Venessa Perry; title: The Educational Achievement Gap and Poverty: Lessons of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Head Start  -- Franklin Dickerson Turner; title: Workforce Development in an Era of Diminishing Work  -- Michael Vorgetts; title: Worker Cooperatives as Models for Economic Engagement  -- Daphne Berry; title: Inclusive Capitalism and Poverty Alleviation  -- David Madland, Karla Walter, and Alex Ingrams; title: Conclusion -- Kyle Farmbry.