Still Hungry After All These Years: Food Assistance Policy from Kennedy to Reagan

by Ardith Maney

Book Overview

In the 1980s, record numbers of Americans have qualified for food stamps and food aid in other forms, despite increasingly rigid standards of eligibility. After more than two decades of such assistance, hunger and malnutrition remain widespread among low-income groups in the United States. This new study examines the policy processes that have shaped food assistance programs since the Kennedy administration and looks at prospects for resolving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313263272
• ISBN13: 9780313263279
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"