It Takes a Nation
Edition: Updated edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: September 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9780691004013
Subjects: Central government policies; Poverty; Welfare & benefit systems; Social Science; Sociology; USA; Political Process - General; Political Philosophy; Political Science / Practical Politics; Political Science and International Relations; Human Services
Description: In this impeccably researched book, Rebecca Blank provides the definitive antidote to the scapegoating, guesswork, and outright misinformation of today's welfare debates. Demonstrating that government aid has been far more effective than most people think, she also explains that even private support for the poor depends extensively on public funds.

It takes a nation to fight a problem as pervasive and subtle as modern poverty, and this book argues that we should continue to implement a mix of private and public programs. Federal, state, and local assistance should go hand in hand with private efforts at community development and personal empowerment and change.