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A two-volume set written for a broad audience that probes the
experience of poverty in United States history--its political,
economic, and social roots, and the policies and social movements
that have emerged in response. With the end of welfare as we know
it, many welfare caseloads have lowered, but has the poverty level?
How will current programs compare to the New Deal and War on
Poverty before them? In order to develop better solutions,
Americans must look to the past to understand the full dimensions
of contemporary inequality. The two-volume Poverty and Social
Welfare in the United States follows the political and social
history of economic inequality in the United States. Editors
Gwendolyn Mink and Alice O'Connor examine the conditions, causes,
public attitudes, and political responses toward poverty,
especially in the 20th century. From Aid to Dependent Children
(ADC) to faith-based approaches, living wage campaigns to the World
Bank, the volumes feature 300 A-Z entries contributed by
historians, policymakers, economists, and advocates. This set
addresses the core issues and experiences of what it's like to be
poor in the United States for a broad audience. Critical progr
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