Poor Support

Oct 1, 1989
Paperback
US $21.00
CAN $25.50
UK £12.99
ISBN: 9780465059959
ISBN-10: 0465059953
Published by Basic Books

Description

The subject of a New York Times Magazine cover story of December 8, 1996, David Ellwood is one of the country’s leading experts on poverty. In this book he describes who the poor are, explains why they are poor, and suggests new policies for helping them. Poor Support is a major reinterpretation of the various forms that poverty takes in American families and what can be done to alleviate the problem.

Reviews

“The essential starting point for any future discussions of the welfare system.”
— Kirk Scharfenberg, Boston Globe

“The best book ever published on family poverty and welfare receipt.”
— William Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged

“To anyone seriously interested in welfare and poverty, it is essential reading.”
— Stephen Chapman, Chicago Tribune

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