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Auteur(s) : Katz, Michael B. (1939-2014)
Titre(s) : The undeserving poor [Texte imprimé] : America's enduring confrontation with poverty / by Michael B. Katz,
Édition : Second edition
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press,, 2013.
Description matérielle : xiii, 353 pages ; 24 cm
Comprend : The undeserving poor : morals, culture and biology ; Poverty and the politics of
liberation ; Intellectual foundations of the War on Poverty and Great Society ;
Interpretations of poverty in the conservative ascendance ; The rise and fall of
the "underclass" ; What kind of a problem is poverty?.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
Overview: First published in 1989, The Undeserving Poor was a critically acclaimed
and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking
stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz's new edition of this classic is
virtually a new book. As the first did, it will force all concerned Americans to reconsider
the foundations of our policies toward the poor, especially in the wake of the Great
Recession that began in 2008.Katz highlights how throughout American history, the
poor have been regarded as undeserving: people who do not deserve sympathy because
they brought their poverty on themselves, either through laziness and immorality,
or because they are culturally or mentally deficient. This long-dominant view sees
poverty as a personal failure, serving to justify America's mean-spirited treatment
of the poor. Katz reminds us, however, that there are other explanations of poverty
besides personal failure. Poverty has been written about as a problem of place, of
resources, of political economy, of power, and of market failure. Katz looks at each
idea in turn, showing how they suggest more effective approaches to our struggle against
poverty. The Second Edition includes important new material. It now sheds light on
the revival of the idea of culture in poverty research; the rehabilitation of Daniel
Patrick Moynihan; the resurgent role of biology in discussions of the causes of poverty,
such as in The Bell Curve; and the human rights movement's intensified focus on alleviating
world poverty. It emphasizes the successes of the War on Poverty and Great Society,
especially at the grassroots level. It is also the first book to chart the rise and
fall of the "underclass" as a concept driving public policy
Sujet(s) : Pauvres -- États-Unis
Pauvreté -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199933952 (hardback) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0199933952 (hardback) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43765557w
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