Poverty knowledge: social science, social policy, and the poor in twentieth-century U.S. history
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1. Verfasser: O'Connor, Alice 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J Princeton University Press 2001
Schriftenreihe:Politics and society in twentieth-century America
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Origins: poverty and social science in the era of progressive reform -- Poverty knowledge as cultural critique: the Great Depression -- From the Deep South to the dark ghetto: poverty knowledge, racial liberalism, and cultural "pathology" -- Giving birth to a "culture of poverty": poverty knowledge in postwar behavioral science, culture, and ideology -- Community action -- In the midst of plenty: the political economy of poverty in the affluent society -- Fighting poverty with knowledge: the Office of Economic Opportunity and the analytic revolution in government -- Poverty's culture wars -- The poverty research industry -- Dependency, the "underclass," and a new welfare "consensus": poverty knowledge for a post-liberal, postindustrial era -- The end of welfare and the case for a new poverty knowledge
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 373 Seiten) 24 cm
ISBN:1400814502