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Author : Frank Stricker
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Poor
ISBN : 9781442929470
Author : Frank Stricker
Publisher : Readhowyouwant
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1442929510
In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Strieker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Analyzing the War on Poverty, theories of the culture of poverty and the underclass, the effects of Reaganomics, and the 1996 welfare reform, Strieker dem-onstrates that most antipoverty approaches are futile without the presence (or creation) of good jobs. Strieker notes that since the 1970s, U.S. poverty levels have remained at or above 11 %, despite training programs and periods of economic growth. The creation of jobs has continued to lag behind the need for them. Strieker argues that a serious public debate is needed about the job situation; social programs must be redesigned, a national health care program must be developed, and eco-nomic inequality must be addressed. He urges all sides to be honest - if we don't want to eliminate poverty, then we should say so. But if we do want to reduce poverty significantly, he says, we must expand decent jobs and government income programs, redirecting national resources away from the rich and toward those with low incomes. Why America Lost the War on Poverty - And How to Win It is sure to prompt much-needed debate on how to move forward. Frank Stricker is professor of history at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Author : Frank Stricker
Publisher : Readhowyouwant
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1442930489
In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Strieker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Analyzing the War on Poverty, theories of the culture of poverty and the underclass, the effects of Reaganomics, and the 1996 welfare reform, Strieker dem-onstrates that most antipoverty approaches are futile without the presence (or creation) of good jobs. Strieker notes that since the 1970s, U.S. poverty levels have remained at or above 11 %, despite training programs and periods of economic growth. The creation of jobs has continued to lag behind the need for them. Strieker argues that a serious public debate is needed about the job situation; social programs must be redesigned, a national health care program must be developed, and eco-nomic inequality must be addressed. He urges all sides to be honest - if we don't want to eliminate poverty, then we should say so. But if we do want to reduce poverty significantly, he says, we must expand decent jobs and government income programs, redirecting national resources away from the rich and toward those with low incomes. Why America Lost the War on Poverty - And How to Win It is sure to prompt much-needed debate on how to move forward. Frank Stricker is professor of history at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Author : Frank Stricker
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807882290
In a provocative assessment of American poverty and policy from 1950 to the present, Frank Stricker examines an era that has seen serious discussion about the causes of poverty and unemployment. Analyzing the War on Poverty, theories of the culture of poverty and the underclass, the effects of Reaganomics, and the 1996 welfare reform, Stricker demonstrates that most antipoverty approaches are futile without the presence (or creation) of good jobs. Stricker notes that since the 1970s, U.S. poverty levels have remained at or above 11%, despite training programs and periods of economic growth. The creation of jobs has continued to lag behind the need for them. Stricker argues that a serious public debate is needed about the job situation; social programs must be redesigned, a national health care program must be developed, and economic inequality must be addressed. He urges all sides to be honest--if we don't want to eliminate poverty, then we should say so. But if we do want to reduce poverty significantly, he says, we must expand decent jobs and government income programs, redirecting national resources away from the rich and toward those with low incomes. Why America Lost the War on Poverty--And How to Win It is sure to prompt much-needed debate on how to move forward.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781442998032
Author : Marc Pilisuk,Phyllis Pilisuk
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 141282558X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN : OCLC:1193958754
Author : Brian L. Fife
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-03
Category : Politics & International Relations
ISBN : 9798216036234
Applying lessons from history to the reality of poverty today in the United States--the most affluent country in the world--this book analyzes contributing factors to poverty and proposes steps to relieve people affected by it. American history is replete with efforts to alleviate poverty. While some efforts have resulted in at least partial success, others have not, because poverty is a multifaceted, complicated phenomenon with no simple solution. Winning the War on Poverty studies the history of poverty relief efforts in the United States dating to the nineteenth century, debunking misperceptions about the poor and tackling the problem of the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor. It highlights the ideological differences between liberal and conservative beliefs and includes insights drawn from a well-rounded group of disciplines including political science, history, sociology, economics, and public health. Premised on the idea that only the lessons of history can help policymakers to recognize that the United States has a persistent poverty problem that is much worse than it is in many other democracies, the book suggests an 18-point plan to substantively address this dilemma. Its vision for reform does not pander to any particular ideology or political party; rather, the objective of this book is to explain how the United States can win the war on poverty in the short term.
Author : Robert Rector,William F. Lauber,Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0891950621
Author : Martha J. Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 1610448065
Author : Dwight a Clough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1096022575
If you join me, we will win... I'm not asking for your money. Instead, I'm asking you to harness your imagination to this possibility: Maybe what you've been told about poverty is wrong. Maybe if we all made a simple paradigm shift, we could win this war on poverty. Inside this book is an invitation to a different way of thinking. This book is being offered to you because I believe you have the power to make a difference. Welcome to a different perspective on poverty, one from below the poverty line, one filled with hope and optimism and effervescent with possibilities. Step away from the political spectrum, step away from the bonds of your own narrative, and explore a menu of solutions to poverty that release and engage the untapped power of the American people.
Author : Mark Robert Rank
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198026188
Despite its enormous wealth, the United States leads the industrialized world in poverty. One Nation, Underprivileged unravels this disturbing paradox by offering a unique and radically different understanding of American poverty. It debunks many of our most common myths about the poor, while at the same time provides a powerful new framework for addressing this enormous social and economic problem. Mark Robert Rank vividly shows that the fundamental causes of poverty are to be found in our economic structure and political policy failures, rather than individual shortcomings or attitudes. He establishes for the first time that a significant percentage of Americans will experience poverty during their adult lifetimes, and firmly demonstrates that poverty is an issue of vital national concern. Ultimately, Rank provides us with a new paradigm for understanding poverty, and outlines an innovative set of strategies that will reduce American poverty. One Nation, Underprivileged represents a profound starting point for rekindling a national focus upon America's most vexing social and economic problem.
Author : Charles Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1984-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : CORNELL:31924059251748
Argues that the ambitious social programmes of the Great Society designed to help the poor and disadvantaged not only did not accomplish what they set out to do, but often made things worse.
Author : Peter Cove
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN : 1315126966
"In the 1960s, America set out to end poverty. Policy-makers put forth an unprecedented package of legislation, funding poverty programs and empowering the poor through ineffectual employment-related education and training. However, these handouts produced little change, and efforts to provide education and job-training proved inconsequential, boasting only a 2.8 percent decrease in the poverty rate since 1965. Decades after the War on Poverty began, many of its programs failed. Only one thing really worked to help end poverty-and that was work itself, the centerpiece of welfare reform in 1996. Poor No More is a plan to restructure poverty programs, prioritizing jobs above all else. Traditionally, job placement programs stemmed from non-profi t organizations or government agencies. However, America Works, the fi rst for-profit job placement venture founded by Peter Cove, has the highest employee retention rate in the greater New York City area, even above these traditional agencies. When the federal government embraced the work-first ideal, inspired by the success of America Works, welfare rolls plummeted from 12.6 million to 4.7 million nationally within one decade. Poor No More is a paradigm-shifting work that guides the reader through the evolution of America's War on Poverty and urges policy-makers to eliminate training and education programs that waste time and money and to adopt a work-first model, while providing job-seekers with the tools and life lessons essential to finding and maintaining employment."--Provided by publisher.
Author : Michael L. Gillette
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0805792430
In the mid-1960s, President Lyndon Johnson launched an unprecedented political crusade to eradicate poverty in America - an unconditional "War on Poverty" that transcended Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal agenda. Set into motion with the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), a federal agency established after the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, this bold crusade aimed to break the cycle of a culture of poverty by attacking its causes in urban ghettos and depressed rural areas. The War on Poverty formulated and administered an array of novel programs, including the Community Action Program, the Job Corps, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), Project Head Start, and the Legal Services Program. Despite criticism by political opponents, despite budgetary restraints, and despite the failure to achieve the lofty goal of ridding the nation of poverty, most of the social programs established under OEO still exist today. Launching the War on Poverty - the first single-volume oral history of this momentous federal plan to help society's least fortunate - brings the antipoverty crusade to life through the testimony of its creators. The author, Michael Gillette, has compiled interviews with forty-eight "poverty warriors" from the 1,700 oral history interviews in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. These brave planners were an assorted lot of borrowed government officials, business professionals, academics, experts on poverty, and freelance kibitzers, from the nation's top law schools and graduate programs. Their narratives focus on federal policies and the political climate of the 1960s, and document how policymakers perceived the problem of poverty and its possible solutions.Today, the welfare programs of the Great Society are criticized as a failure of liberal idealism; but these firsthand testimonies demonstrate that the strategies of the original poverty warriors were rooted in the American work ethic and were designed to encourage self-help instead of dependence.