Poverty in the United States: Developing Social Welfare Policy for the Twenty-First Century

Dobelstein, A.

This book attributes American poverty to consequences 19th Century social welfare policies within an economy stretching to meet its 21st Century economic potential, arguing that American poverty persists as economic and political structures have moved into the world of fiscal planning but social welfare remains in its Depression-era structure.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-12-18

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137485472

DOI: 10.1057/9781137476630

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 201