Poverty Policy and Poverty Research

by Robert H. Haveman

Book Overview

The War on Poverty, instituted in 1965 during the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, was one of the chief elements of that president's Great Society initiative. This book describes and assesses the major social science research effort that grew up with, and in part because of, these programs. Robert H. Haveman's objective is to illuminate the process by which social and political developments have an impact on the direction of progress in the social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299111547
• ISBN13: 9780299111540
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"