Poverty in the United States: Developing Social Welfare Policy for the Twenty-First Century

This book attributes American poverty to consequences 19th Century social welfare policies within an economy stretching to meet its 21st Century economic potential, arguing that American poverty persists as economic and political structures have moved into the world of fiscal planning but social welfare remains in its Depression-era structure.

Author: A. Dobelstein
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 12/18/2014
Pages: 201
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781137485472

About the Author

Andrew W. Dobelstein, Ph. D. has been associated with the University of North Carolina since 1968. Author of eight books and an authority on social welfare policy, he offers seminars, conducts research in the field of welfare politics, and provides consultation and community service to organizations. The North Carolina Community Action Association awarded him its Outstanding Leadership Award, among other honors, in recognition of his poverty related work.