New perspectives on poverty
Subtitle: policies, programs, and practice
By: Elissa D. Giffords, Long Island University Post Campus, Karen R. Garber, Nassau County Department of Social Services
Contributors: Garber, Karen R.
Publisher: Lyceum Books, Inc.
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago, Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 539
ISBN-13: 9781935871521
Subjects: Poverty; Human services; Social policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Preface; title: List of tables and figures; title: What is poverty?; title: Contemporary responses to poverty; title: Employment, poverty, and social welfare; title: People experiencing homelessness; title: Families, women, and children; title: Older adults; title: People with disabilities; title: Persons with mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders; title: Poverty among immigrants and refugees; title: Poverty and its impact on the military family and the American veteran; title: Poverty : what you can do; title: Glossary; title: Index; title: About the contributors.