Inner-city poverty
By: Tamara L. Roleff, book editor.
Contributors: Roleff, Tamara L., 1959-
Series: Contemporary issues companion
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: San Diego, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Poverty -- United States; Urban poor -- United States; Public welfare -- United States; Inner cities -- United States; United States -- Economic conditions -- 2001-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: Black and White face of poverty -- Richard Harwood -- The; title: welfare queen stereotype -- Risa E. Kaufman; title: Crime rates in poor neighborhoods -- Rebecca M. Blank -- The; title: struggles of young immigrants in urban America -- Somini Sengupta; title: Low-wage earners trapped in poverty -- Marcia Passos Duffy -- The; title: myth of widespread American poverty -- Robert Rector; title: Various theories on the causes of poverty -- Harrell R. Rodgers Jr. -- The; title: economic factors behind long-term poverty -- Rebecca M. Blank -- The; title: lack of job opportunities in the inner city -- Helene Slessarev; title: Single-parent families are more likely to be poor -- Patrick F. Fagan; title: Immigration is responsible for the rising poverty rate -- Linda Thom -- A; title: "living wage" is necessary to help the working poor -- Neal Peirce -- A; title: "living wage" will not eliminate poverty -- Nathan Karp; title: Welfare reform is helping the poor move out of poverty -- Aimee Howd -- The; title: mixed results of welfare reform -- Christina Duff; title: Workfare: successes and failures -- Heather MacDonald; title: Corporate involvement in job-training programs -- Christina Nifong; title: Government support of faith-based iniatives can help reduce poverty -- George W. Bush -- The; title: government should not rely on religious charities to help the poor -- Polly Morrice -- A; title: practical alternative to public housing projects -- Howard Husock; title: Providing better housing for the poor -- Alexander von Hoffman; title: Living in fear -- Earl Shorris -- The; title: responsibilities of an inner-city grandmother -- Betty Washington, as told to Elijah Anderson; title: Stretching the welfare check -- David Zucchino; title: Trying to leave the inner city.