The war on poverty : a retrospective / edited by Kyle Farmbry.
The War on Poverty: A Retrospective examines the strategies and programs launched since 1964 through the eyes of academics and practitioners engaged in education, health care, social services provision, and community economic development.
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Lexington Books,
[2014]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The War on Poverty
- Some Initial Thoughts / Kyle Farmbry
- The Poverty-Policy Link: Three Examples / Sebawit G. Bishu and Mohamad G. Alkadry
- Women and Children First?: How Low-Income Female-Headed Families Have Fared since the War on Poverty / Regina Malveaux and Rachel Dolezal
- Immigration and Poverty / Portia Dinoso Campos
- "The Movement's Broadway": Race, Poverty, Education, and Health Care in the State of Mississippi / Jennifer A. Stollman and Susan M. Glisson
- Poverty in Appalachia / Joanna Maulbeck
- War as Metaphor: The Convergence of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs / Keesha M. Middlemass
- Poverty and Juvenile Justice: Exploring the Intersections, Identifying the Solutions / Al Passarella
- Home Sweet Home: Race, Housing, and the Foreclosure Crisis / Rosie Jayde Uyola
- Not in My Backyard: An Examination of Suburban Gentrification as a Tool for Combating Poverty / Portia Allen-Kyle
- Poverty and Health Care / Venessa Perry
- The Educational Achievement Gap and Poverty: Lessons of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Head Start / Franklin Dickerson Turner
- Workforce Development in an Era of Diminishing Work / Michael Vorgetts
- Worker Cooperatives as Models for Economic Engagement / Daphne Berry
- Inclusive Capitalism and Poverty Alleviation / David Madland, Karla Walter, and Alex Ingrams
- Conclusion / Kyle Farmbry.