Escape from Poverty: What Makes a Difference for Children? Contributor(s): Chase-Lansdale, P. Lindsay (Editor), Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521445213 ISBN-13: 9780521445214 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $115.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 Annotation: The poverty rate for children in the United States exceeds that of all other Western, industrialized nations except Australia. Moreover, poverty among children has increased substantially since 1970, affecting more than one-fifth of U.S. children. These persistent high rates require new ideas in both research and public policy. This volume presents such ideas. Four arenas of possible change are addressed: mothers' employment, child care, fathers' involvement, and access to health care. These four types of change have each been brought under the umbrella of the Family Support Act of 1988, after several years of debate over welfare reform. The goal of this landmark legislation is to enable poor families to escape poverty by requiring education, employment training opportunities for mothers, and improving child support by noncustodial fathers. Escape from Poverty is designed to examine the implications of these new policy-driven changes for children. The editors have developed an interdisciplinary perspective, involving demographers, developmental psychologists, economists, health experts, historians, and sociologists - a framework essential for addressing the complexities inherent in the links between the lives of poor adults and children in our society. This book will appeal to both researchers and policy makers. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness |
Dewey: 362.708 |
LCCN: 95005701 |
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.24" W x 9.23" (1.32 lbs) 344 pages |
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Publisher Description: The poverty rate for children in the United States exceeds that of all other Western, industrialized nations except Australia. Moreover, poverty among children has increased substantially since 1970, affecting more than one-fifth of U.S. children. These persistently high rates require new ideas in both research and public policy. Escape from Poverty presents such ideas. Contributors address four modes of possible change: mothers' employment, child care, father involvement, and access to health care. It examines the implications of these new policy-driven changes for children. |