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New Poverty - Families in Postmodern Society (Hardcover, New)
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New Poverty - Families in Postmodern Society (Hardcover, New)
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Cheal argues that the sociology of poverty has entered a new
postmodern phase. The new poverty is about loss of faith-in
relationships that were once believed to last a lifetime, and in
government programs that we used to think would last for
generations. The new poverty is about the economic fall of
individuals and countries who used to be affluent and who once
dreamed that their affluence would go on forever. It is about the
experience of free-falling, without a parachute and without much of
a safety net. The new poverty is about people who lose their jobs
when their company downsizes. It is about people whose hours of
employment are cut in half when the work runs out. And it is about
couples who separate, thereby plunging one of them-and probably
their children-into a low income level that they had never
anticipated. What is new about the new poverty is the sense of
surprise-that poverty can hit so suddenly, that people can fall so
far before they are caught and lifted up, that the poverty of
children still troubles us after a century of progress. The new
poverty is about our loss of faith not only in relationships that
were once thought to last a lifetime, but also in government
programs that we believed would last for generations. Cheal
translates the experience of the new poverty into sociological
theory and into social statistics. His purpose is to provoke
serious, critical reflection about families today and the risks of
being poor. An important study for scholars and researchers
involved with family issues and social policy.
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