{"product_id":"the-undeserving-poor-americas-enduring-confrontation-with-poverty-fully-updated-and-revised-9780199933952","title":"The Undeserving Poor: America's Enduring Confrontation with Poverty: Fully Updated and Revised","description":"First published in 1989, \u003cem\u003eThe Undeserving Poor\u003c\/em\u003e was a critically acclaimed and enormously influential account of America's enduring debate about poverty. Taking stock of the last quarter century, Michael B. Katz's new edition of this classic is virtually a new book. As the first did, it will\u003cbr\u003eforce all concerned Americans to reconsider the foundations of our policies toward the poor, especially in the wake of the Great Recession that began in 2008. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKatz highlights how throughout American history, the poor have been regarded as undeserving: people who do not deserve sympathy because they brought their poverty on themselves, either through laziness and immorality, or because they are culturally or mentally deficient. This long-dominant view sees\u003cbr\u003epoverty as a personal failure, serving to justify America's mean-spirited treatment of the poor. Katz reminds us, however, that there are other explanations of poverty besides personal failure. Poverty has been written about as a problem of place, of resources, of political economy, of power, and of\u003cbr\u003emarket failure. Katz looks at each idea in turn, showing how they suggest more effective approaches to our struggle against poverty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Second Edition includes important new material. It now sheds light on the revival of the idea of culture in poverty research; the rehabilitation of Daniel Patrick Moynihan; the resurgent role of biology in discussions of the causes of poverty, such as in \u003cem\u003eThe Bell Curve\u003c\/em\u003e; and the human rights\u003cbr\u003emovement's intensified focus on alleviating world poverty. It emphasizes the successes of the War on Poverty and Great Society, especially at the grassroots level. It is also the first book to chart the rise and fall of the underclass as a concept driving public policy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA major revision of a landmark study, \u003cem\u003eThe Undeserving Poor\u003c\/em\u003e helps readers to see poverty-and our efforts to combat it--in a new light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael B. Katz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199933952\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael B. Katz \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. The author of \u003cem\u003eWhy Don't American Cities Burn?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Price of Citizenship: Redefining the American Welfare State\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eIn the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America\u003c\/em\u003e, he was a past-president of the History of Education Society and the Urban History Association. The first edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Undeserving Poor\u003c\/em\u003e was a semi-finalist for the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award and a finalist for the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39988420804723,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":34.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6ce20455-8bb3-48b2-9be4-3a9c8988b6cf.jpg?v=1649771445","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-undeserving-poor-americas-enduring-confrontation-with-poverty-fully-updated-and-revised-9780199933952","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}