The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America Book

Argues that the USA is faced with a new dependency politics the issue being why so many poor cannot or will not work at the jobs available. The growth in the number of non-working poor - and the failure of social reforms to bring them into the mainstream - has transformed US politics.Read More

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  • Product Description

    A controversial look at how American politics has transformed the "new" poverty into a demoralization of the poor that has alienated them from the working majority, written by a workfare programs advocate and author of Beyond Entitlement. Two hardcover printings sold.

  • 0465050697
  • 9780465050697
  • Lawrence M. Mead
  • 1 June 1999
  • Basic Books
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 368
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