Programs in Aid of the Poor, seventh edition - Softcover

Levitan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801857139 ISBN 13: 9780801857133

Publisher: John Hopkins University Press, 1998

Synopsis

The revised and updated seventh edition of this text for students, scholars and policymakers takes into account the broad changes in federal assistance programmes since 1991. It reviews the erosion of entitlement programmes to families with dependent children, single-parent households, youth, veterans and the elderly. It looks particularly at the impact of the 1996 welfare reform which dramatically reconfigured the aid landscape. Following an examination of the characteristics of the American poor, the book analyzes four strategies of assistance programmes: income maintenance programmes directed mainly at the poor who are outside the workforce; programmes supplying goods and services; programmes designed to prevent the spread of poverty to new generations; and programmes to aid the working poor. The concluding chapter explores feasible approaches to the alleviation of poverty.

About this title

About the Author

Sar A. Levitan was research professor and director of the George Washington University Center for Social Policy Studies. Of his many books, sixteen have been published by Johns Hopkins including 'What's Happening to the American Family?' (with Richard S. Belous and Frank Gallo); 'Working but Poor' (with Isaac Shapiro);' Productivity: Problems, Prospects, and Policies' (with Diane Werneke); and 'Business Lobbies: The Public Good and the Bottom Line' (with Martha C. Cooper). Garth L. Mangum is professor in the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Stephen L. Mangum is associate dean for academic programs in the Max M. Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University, Columbus.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801857139
• ISBN 13: 9780801857133
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264