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Understanding the Nature of Poverty in Urban America This text is designed to help readers navigate through the growing literature on poverty in urban America. The major themes, topics, debates and issues are examined through an analysis of eight questions about the nature and problem of urban poverty. Full description
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"An invaluable distillation of what is known about urban poverty in the U.S. The best single overview on this topic, Professor Jennings's book is an essential text for college faculty and a basic reference for practitioners. Its organization around key issues make the volume ideal for teaching and public decision-making."-Robert M. Hollister, Director, Lincoln Filene Center, Tufts University
.,."One of the most thoughtful and comprehensive works on urban poverty in the U.S. The inclusion of Latino and cooperative racial data helps to fill an important gap in the poverty literature and shows that poverty touches us all. It is especially timely and critical for current anti-poverty debates and will quickly become a valuable resource for researchers, policy makers, and others who want a thorough understanding of a serious problem."-Sonia M. Perez, National Council of La Raza
About the Author
JAMES JENNINGS is a Professor of Political Science and the Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. He has lectured and published extensively on Black and Latino politics. Among his publications are Puerto Rican Politics in Urban America (Greenwood, 1984) and Blacks, Latinos, and Asians in Urban America (Praeger, 1994).
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- PublisherPraeger
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0275949842
- ISBN 13 9780275949846
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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