Poverty in the United States [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy [2 volumes]

The first interdisciplinary reference to cover the socioeconomic and political history, the movements, and the changing face of poverty in the United States.Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy follows the history of poverty in the United States with an emphasis on the 20th century, and examines the evolvement of public policy and the impact of critical movements in social welfare such as the New Deal, the War on Poverty, and, more recently, the'end of welfare as we know it.'Encompassing the contributions of hundreds of experts, including historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this resource provides a much broader level of information than previous, highly selective works.With approximately 300 alphabetically-organized topics, it covers topics and issues ranging from affirmative action to the Bracero Program, the Great Depression, and living wage campaigns to domestic abuse and unemployment. Other entries describe and analyze the definitions and explanations of poverty, the relationship of the welfare state to poverty, and the political responses by the poor, middle-class professionals, and the policy elite. Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy follows the history of poverty in the United States with an emphasis on the 20th century, and examines the evolvement of public policy and the impact of critical movements in social welfare such as the New Deal, the War on Poverty, and, more recently, the "end of welfare as we know it." Encompassing the contributions of hundreds of experts, including historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this resource provides a much broader level of information than previous, highly selective works. With approximately 300 alphabetically-organized topics, it covers topics and issues ranging from affirmative action to the Bracero Program, the Great Depression, and living wage campaigns to domestic abuse and unemployment. Other entries describe and analyze the definitions and explanations of poverty, the relationship of the welfare state to poverty, and the political responses by the poor, middle-class professionals, and the policy elite. Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy follows the history of poverty in the United States, with an emphasis on the 20th century, and examines the evolvement of public policy and the impact of critical movements in social welfare such as the New Deal, the War on Poverty, and, more recently, the "end of welfare as we know it." Encompassing the contributions of hundreds of experts, including historians, sociologists, and political scientists, this resource provides a much broader level of information than previous, highly selective works. With approximately 300 alphabetically organized topics, it covers topics and issues ranging from affirmative action to the Bracero Program, the Great Depression, living wage campaigns, to domestic abuse and unemployment. Other entries describe and analyze the definitions and explanations of poverty, the relationship of the welfare state to poverty, and the political responses by the poor, middle-class professionals, and the policy elite Poverty in the United States: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, and Policy......Page 2 Contents......Page 6 Contributors......Page 12 Preface......Page 22 A Chronological Introduction in Five Essays......Page 24 A......Page 72 B......Page 132 C......Page 146 D......Page 241 E......Page 272 F......Page 325 G......Page 356 H......Page 377 I......Page 414 J......Page 439 K......Page 446 L......Page 448 M......Page 473 N......Page 500 O......Page 543 P......Page 553 Q......Page 638 R......Page 641 S......Page 668 T......Page 727 U......Page 748 V......Page 778 W......Page 795 Y......Page 861 Index......Page 866 About the Editors......Page 918