Poverty and the homeless
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Greenhaven Press,
c2004.
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| Series: | Current controversies
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Table of Contents:
- Poverty and inequality are serious problems in the United States / Holly Sklar
- Homelessness is a serious problem / Silja J.A. Talvi
- Life for the working poor is exceptionally difficult / Barbara Ehrenreich, interviewed by Multinational Monitor
- Child poverty has decreased / Robert E. Rector
- The difficulties of the working poor are overstated / Larry Schweikart
- Broken families and single parenthood contribute to poverty / Patrick F. Fagan
- Single mothers are unfairly blamed for poverty / Lori Holyfield
- Personal irresponsibility causes poverty / Blake Hurst
- Unjust government policies contribute to poverty / Colette Jay
- American immigration policy contributes to poverty / Samuel Francis
- A variety of social factors causes homelessness / National Coalition for the Homeless
- Deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill contributes to homelessness / Ed Marciniak
- Welfare reform benefits single mothers / Christopher Jencks
- Welfare reform is a success / George W. Bush
- The media downplay the benefits of welfare reform / Richard Noyes
- Welfare reform has not helped the poor / Evelyn Z. Brodkin
- Welfare reform has not reduced poverty / Angie O'Gorman
- Welfare reform will add to the ranks of the homeless / Paul Freese Jr., Sacha Klein-Martin
- Promoting marriage would reduce poverty / Robert E. Rector et al.
- Promoting marriage would not reduce poverty / Paul Street
- The affluent should give a large portion of their income to the poor / Peter Singer
- The affluent should not give money to the poor / Walter Williams
- Increased access to shelters would help the homeless / Ralph da Costa Nunez and Laura M. Caruso
- Handouts often harm the homeless / Amy L. Sherman
- Charity means you don't pick and choose / Patricia O'Hara.
