Declarations of Dependency
Subtitle: The Civic Republican Tradition in U.S. Poverty Policy
Publisher: State University of New York Press; State Univ of New York Pr
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780791447222
Subjects: Political science & theory; Public Policy - Social Policy; Politics - Current Events; History; United States; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Politics/International Relations; USA; Economic assistance, Domestic; United States - 20th Century; History & Theory - General; Human Services; 20th century; Dependency; Poverty
Description: "Why has poverty in the United States been so controversial? Why do political discussions of poverty seem to continually rely on the same set of ideas? This book shows that answers to these questions can be found in the political tradition of civic republicanism that made sense in America's agricultural era but which fail to correspond with the realities of modern economic conditions.

Three policy areas: homeownership for the poor, cash-aid programs, and policies to help the poor become owners of productive assets are examined, followed by Zundel's ideas for designing poverty policy for the new millenium."--BOOK JACKET.