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Poverty and Power : The Problem of Structural Inequality
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- Author(s): Edward Royce
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- Abstract: Poverty is a serious problem in the United States, more so than commonly imagined, and more so than in other industrialized nations. Most Americans adhere to an individualistic perspective: they believe poverty is largely the result of people being deficient in intelligence, determination, education, and other personal traits. Poverty and Power, Fourth Edition challenges this viewpoint, arguing that poverty arises from the workings of four key structural systems—the economic, the political, the cultural, and the social—and ten obstacles to economic justice, including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, and racial and gender discrimination. The author argues that a renewed war on poverty can be successful, but only through a popular movement to bring about significant change in the workings of American economic, political, and cultural institutions. New to this EditionEnhanced conversation on why the cultural theory of poverty has such a strong appeal to the American public develops students'critical thinking skills (Chapter 3) New segment on the influence of job seekers'physical appearance on hiring decisions showing that success is not simply a matter of education, skills, and training (Chapter 4)New data on the “job availability problem” explains in detail why the monthly headline unemployment number is misleading, and new content on the 2021 upsurge of quits on the part of American workers portrays efforts on the part of ordinary people to improve their lives (Chapter 5)New content on how corporations have become increasingly assertive political players explores the dramatic increase in corporate lobbying efforts, the rise of billionaire political activists, and the creation of a powerful conservative political infrastructure in the United States (Chapter 6)Greater attention to racially segregated and resource-deprived Black communities covers the extraordinary hardships experienced by the residents of these areas, while a new section on the geographical isolation of the affluent discusses how isolation affects wealthy people's beliefs and perceptions about poverty and what policies they deem acceptable (Chapter 8)
- Publication Type: eBook.
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- Subject Terms: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General; EDUCATION / General; EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher; EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General; RELIGION / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity
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