Rediscovering the Other America : The Continuing Crisis of Poverty and Inequality in the United States

個数:

Rediscovering the Other America : The Continuing Crisis of Poverty and Inequality in the United States

  • 在庫がございません。海外の書籍取次会社を通じて出版社等からお取り寄せいたします。
    通常6~9週間ほどで発送の見込みですが、商品によってはさらに時間がかかることもございます。
    重要ご説明事項
    1. 納期遅延や、ご入手不能となる場合がございます。
    2. 複数冊ご注文の場合、分割発送となる場合がございます。
    3. 美品のご指定は承りかねます。
  • 【入荷遅延について】
    世界情勢の影響により、海外からお取り寄せとなる洋書・洋古書の入荷が、表示している標準的な納期よりも遅延する場合がございます。
    おそれいりますが、あらかじめご了承くださいますようお願い申し上げます。
  • ◆画像の表紙や帯等は実物とは異なる場合があります。
  • ◆ウェブストアでの洋書販売価格は、弊社店舗等での販売価格とは異なります。
    また、洋書販売価格は、ご注文確定時点での日本円価格となります。
    ご注文確定後に、同じ洋書の販売価格が変動しても、それは反映されません。
  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 214 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780789020963
  • DDC分類 362.50973

Full Description

Learn why it is imperative to bring a progressive focus back to social welfare policy!

This vital book explores recent research on poverty and inequality, identifies strategies for ensuring adequate services, and challenges many of the inaccurate beliefs that were used to justify welfare reform legislation in 1996. You'll find up-to-date information on various marginalized groups and their social problems, including lack of health coverage for women with mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence problems. In addition, you'll find data on the health coverage situation for the poor, for Appalachians, and for women in general. Finally, Rediscovering the Other America: The Continuing Crisis of Poverty and Inequality in the United States suggests strategies for changing public perceptions about the nature of poverty and the poor.

From the editors: In 1962, Michael Harrington published The Other America, which documented how deeply entrenched poverty and inequality were in one of the wealthiest countries in the world. Four decades later, we find it necessary once again to rediscover this profound social condition. The purpose of this book is to awaken policymakers and the public to this situation once again, in order to affect the nature of public policies dealing with these issues.

Rediscovering the Other America: The Continuing Crisis of Poverty and Inequality in the United States covers a wide range of issues, some similar to what Harrington described in 1962 and some reflecting recent social, political, and economic developments. Specifically, the book addresses:

providing health care coverage for the poor
why poverty persisted during the economic boom of the Clinton presidency
politicians' views and beliefs regarding poverty, welfare, and welfare recipients
the impact of the 1996 welfare reform legislation on the nonprofit sector
economic differences between women and men
poverty in Appalachia
the impact of welfare reform on those who receive public assistance

Contents

Rediscovering the Other America: The Continuing Crisis of Poverty and Inequality in the United States: Introduction
Fixing that Great Hodgepodge: Health Care for the Poor in the U. S.
Staying Poor in the Clinton Boom: Welfare Reform and the Nearby Labor Force
Political Promises for Welfare Reform
The Other America After Welfare Reform: A View from the Nonprofit Sector
Gender Differences in the Economic Well-Being of Non-Aged Adults in the United States
Central Appalachia-Still the Other America
Welfare Policy, Welfare Participants, and CalWORKS Caseworkers: How Participants Are Informed of Supportive Services
Making Experience Count in Policy Creation: Lessons from Appalachian Kentucky
THOUGHTS ON POVERTY AND INEQUALITY
Driving Out of Poverty in Private Automobiles
Index
Reference Notes Included