Changing Poverty, Changing Policies

Poverty declined significantly in the decade after Lyndon Johnson's 1964 declaration of War on Poverty. Dramatically increased federal funding for education and training programs, social security benefits, other income support programs, and a growing economy reduced poverty and raised expectations that income poverty could be eliminated within a generation. Yet the official poverty rate has never fallen below its 1973 level and remains higher than...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871543109
• ISBN13: 9780871543103
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.7" x 9.1"