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Poverty Knowledge : Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History (Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America)
Poverty Knowledge Social Science Social Policy and the Poor in TwentiethCentury US History - Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America
Author: Alice O'Connor
Progressive-era "poverty warriors" cast poverty in America as a problem of unemployment, low wages, labor exploitation, and political disfranchisement. In the 1990s, policy specialists made "dependency" the issue and crafted incentives to get people off welfare. Poverty Knowledge gives the first comprehensive historical account of the thi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691102559
ISBN-10: 0691102554
Publication Date: 8/12/2002
Pages: 392
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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