| Description |
x, 390 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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1. Facing and Reducing Poverty / Michael R. Darby -- 2. Poverty, Welfare Dependency, and the Underclass: Trends and Explanations / Douglas J. Besharov -- 3. Poverty and the Underclass: Some Latino Crosscurrents / David Hayes-Bautista -- 4. Can We Replace Welfare With Work? / Christopher Jencks -- 5. Reducing Poverty and Reducing the Underclass: Different Problems, Different Solutions / Charles Murray -- 6. A Dissent From the Incentive Approaches to Reducing Poverty / Glenn C. Loury -- 7. Politics, Markets, and Equality in Schools / John E. Chubb and Terry M. Moe -- 8. Mythical Choice and Real Standards / Albert Shanker -- 9. Reweaving the Fabric: The Iron Rule and the IAF Strategy for Power and Politics / Ernesto Cortes, Jr. -- 10. A New War on Poverty: The Kemp Program to Empower the Poor / John C. Weicher -- 11. What We Can Learn From Grassroots Leaders / Robert L. Woodson, Sr. -- 12. Welfare and Poverty: Strategies to Increase Work / Judith M. Gueron |
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13. Raising Work Levels Among the Poor / Lawrence M. Mead -- 14. Training, Work, and Poverty / Margaret C. Simms -- 15. Reducing Poverty: Will the New "Services Strategy" Do Better Than the Old? / Leslie Lenkowsky -- 16. Reshaping Early Childhood Intervention to Be a More Effective Weapon Against Poverty / Edward Zigler and Sally J. Styfco -- 17. The Real Issues for Reducing Poverty / James H. Johnson, Jr. -- 18. No More Something for Nothing / Ben Wattenberg -- 19. Cultural Aspects of Poverty / James Q. Wilson |
| Summary |
Six papers presented at a seminar ... Plaza International Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand, 26 September 1994 |
| Analysis |
Poverty Policies Of Government |
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United States |
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Poverty Policies Of Government |
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United States |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Copyright -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Copyright -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
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Education -- United States.
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Libraries -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Occupational training -- United States.
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Libraries -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
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Poor -- United States.
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Poverty -- United States.
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Full employment policies -- United States.
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Public welfare -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Economic policy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140033 -- 1993-
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United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-2001.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006370
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006374
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| Author |
Darby, Michael R., 1945-
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Australian Council of Libraries and Information Services.
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| LC no. |
95035748 |
| ISBN |
0761900063 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0761900071 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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