Why does the world's wealthiest country let so many languish in grinding poverty? And why is the situation getting worse, not better?
References
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BlockFredManzaJeff. “Could We End Poverty in a Postindustrial Society? The Case for a Negative Income Tax.”Politics & Society25 (December 1997). Provides estimates of the cost of a negative income tax to combat poverty.
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EdinKathrynLeinLaura. Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work (Russell Sage Foundation, 1997). An in-depth look at poor women's income-management strategies that shows that “cheating” is inevitable for welfare-reliant women and that making ends meet on low-wage work is impossible under current conditions.
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GilensMartin. Why Americans Hate Welfare: Race, Media, and the Politics of Antipoverty Policy (University of Chicago Press, 1999). An analysis of the forces that shape American attitudes toward poverty.
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HaysSharon. Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform (Oxford University Press, 2003). An ethnography of two welfare offices implementing welfare reform that shows the depth of poor women's poverty and the uphill battle caseworkers face in helping their clients.
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LukerKristin. Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy (Harvard University Press, 1996). Argues that teen pregnancy is not the cause of the poverty of single mothers.
