The war against the poor : the underclass and antipoverty policy / Herbert J. Gans.

Main entry:

Gans, Herbert J., author.

Title & Author:

The war against the poor : the underclass and antipoverty policy / Herbert J. Gans.

Publication:

New York, NY : BasicBooks, a division of HarperCollinsPublishers, [1995]
©1995

Description:

xii, 195 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-186) and indexes.
Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch. 1. Labeling the Poor -- Ch. 2. The Invention of the Underclass Label -- Ch. 3. The Dangers of "Underclass" and Other Labels -- Ch. 4. The Undeservingness of the Poor -- Ch. 5. Policies Against Poverty and Undeservingness -- Ch. 6. Joblessness and Antipoverty Policy in the Twenty-first Century.
Also issued online.

Summary:

For most of its history, America has been fighting a war that cannot be won: a war against its poor. Herbert J. Gans argues that by withholding the opportunity for decent jobs and incomes, we are also killing the spirit of an already large portion of the population. And, he warns, as more well-paying and secure jobs disappear from the American economy, a growing number of workers will join its ranks. The book ends with an imaginative set of economic policy ideas for a twenty-first-century America that may never again be able to supply enough decent jobs for everyone.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0465019900
9780465019908
0465019919 (pbk.)
9780465019915 (pbk.)

Subject:

Poor United States.
Public welfare United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic United States.
Pauvres États-Unis.
Aide sociale États-Unis.
Aide au développement économique régional États-Unis.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
Poor.
Public welfare.
Armen (personen)
Stigmatisering (sociale wetenschappen)
Sociale politiek.
Pauvreté États-Unis.
United States.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 217377
Call No.: HC79.P6 G3 1995
Status: Available

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