Full Description
EXPERIENCING POVERTY is unique in its comprehensive understanding of poverty. The readings incorporate the experiences of the impoverished in many situations, including people who are homeless, housed, working, non-working, single, married, urban, rural, born in the United States, first generation Americans, young and old. Most significantly, the crucial dimensions of inequality - race and gender - are interwoven throughout the selected readings.
Contents
I. THE EXTENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES. II. WHY ARE THE POOR POOR? Chapter 1. Individual/Cultural and Structural Explanations. III. LIVING ON THE ECONOMIC MARGINS. Chapter 2. Survival and Finances. Chapter 3. Discrimination/Stigma/Race. Chapter 4. Parenting. IV. THE IMPACT OF SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL LIVES. Chapter 5. Housing/Homeless Shelters/Neighborhood Environment. Chapter 6. Welfare System. Chapter 7. Health Care System. Chapter 8. Schools and Schooling. Chapter 9. Work and Working. V. HUMAN AGENCY AND EMPOWERMENT. Chapter 10. Changes from the Bottom Up. Afterword. Websites. Glossary.
