Poverty in America

A Handbook

• Author(s): John Iceland,
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Pages: 223
• ISBN_10: 0520933044
  ISBN_13: 9780520933040
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations ,

Description:... In a remarkably concise, readable, and accessible format, John Iceland provides a comprehensive picture of poverty in America, He shows how poverty is measured and understood and how it has changed over time, as well as how public policies have grappled with poverty as a political issue and an economic reality. This edition has been updated and includes a new preface.