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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Seccombe, Karen, 1956- Families in poverty. New York : Allyn & Bacon, c2007 (OCoLC)682374470 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karen Seccombe |
| ISBN: | 0205502547 9780205502547 |
| OCLC Number: | 70839818 |
| Description: | xi, 212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Putting a face on poverty -- Who are the poor, and what exactly is poverty, anyway? -- Living poorly: Poverty's effects on children and their parents -- How Americans view poverty: Why are so many families poor? -- Welfare and its reform: Temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) -- Building resiliency: Programs and policies for families -- Can poverty be eliminated? Lessons we could learn. |
| Series Title: | Families in the twenty-first century, v. 1. |
| Responsibility: | Karen Seccombe. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
Poverty is a social problem and finding solutions requires us to look closely at our social institutions. This book brings together the most recent quantitative and qualitative data to examine the many dimensions of this problem in the United States.--[book cover]
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