Poor Women, Poor Children: American Poverty in the 1990s

ISBN-13: 9781563246081 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 208 str.

Jr. Harrell R. Rodgers

Opis

This work presents the most recent data on poverty, family structure and participation in welfare programmes. It analyses the causes for the continuing rise in female-headed households, the high rates of poverty among such families, and evaluates past, present and future reform policies.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 The increasing Numbers of Poor Women and Children; Chapter 2 Poverty Trends and the Feminization of Poverty; Chapter 3 Mother-Only Families: Growth and Causes of Poverty; Chapter 4 The Social Welfare Response; Chapter 5 Social Welfare Lessons from Europe; Chapter 6 Reforming the American Welfare System;

O autorze

Rodgers,