Poor Women, Poor Children: American Poverty in the 1990s
- ISBN-10
- 0765619385
- ISBN-13
- 9780765619389
- Category
- Poor women
- Pages
- 203
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- M.E. Sharpe
- Author
- Harrell R. Rodgers
Description
In this new edition of his acclaimed study of American poverty, Harrell Rodgers carefully analyzes the most recent data on the profile of poor families and the underlying causes of the dramatic increase in chronically poor, mother-only households. After evaluating the record of past anti-poverty efforts, Rodgers examines the many new and proposed approaches to welfare reform, their prospects of success, and the consequences of failure - both for the children of poverty and for a nation that leaves such a high proportion of its citizenry, its future, at risk.
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