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Book SynopsisIn January of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a War on Poverty. Over the next several years, the United States launched several programs aimed at drastically reducing the level of poverty throughout the nation. Now fifty years later, we have a number of lessons related to what has and has not worked in the fight against poverty. This book is a collection of chapters by both researchers and practitioners studying and addressing matters of poverty as they intersect with a number of broader social challenges such as health care, education, and criminal justice issues. The War on Poverty: A Retrospective serves as a collection of many of their observations, thoughts, and findings. Ultimately, the authors reflect on some of the lessons of the past fifty years and ask basic questions about poverty and its continued impact on American society, as well as how we might continue to address the challenges that poverty presents for our nation.
Trade ReviewKyle Farmbry and his colleagues have written an important book which covers the pillars of what is known today as social policy. Fields such as education, health policy, children, families, and poverty are presented clearly and the reader will come away with a solid and comprehensive understanding of social policy as a field and its impact on our country in the past, present, and possibly the future. I strongly recommend this volume as one of the best of its kind. -- Walter D. Broadnax, Syracuse University
Kyle Fambry et al paint a realistic picture of poverty and inequality with a broad but skillful, evenhanded brush for all to see and experience. The story told in the compelling language of academic research, and augmented with the practical experience of passionate practitioners who work in this world on a daily basis, causes one to wonder how we went so wrong. The book thematically expresses the lessons and discourse emerging from years of fighting for equality for low-income female households, rural development in the south, the criminal justice system, the war on drugs, health care, education, and the housing crisis creating suburban poverty. The authors challenge us to look at workforce and poverty as a collective issue and think of new ways to engage our communities in the war on poverty, inequality and workforce development. -- Audrey L. Mathews, California State University, San Bernardino
Table of ContentsContents Preface, Kyle Farmbry Introduction: The War on Poverty – Some Initial Thoughts, Kyle Farmbry Poverty Policy Link: Three Examples, Sebawit G. Bishu and Mohamad Alkadry Women and Children in Poverty: How Low Income Female Headed Families Have Fared Since the War on Poverty, Regina Malveaux and Rachel Dolezal Immigration and Poverty , Portia Diñoso Campos “The Movement’s Broadway”: Race, Poverty, Education, and Healthcare in the State of Mississippi, Jennifer A. Stollman and Susan M. Glisson Poverty in Appalachia, Joanna Maulbeck War as Metaphor: The Convergence of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs, Keesha Middlemass Poverty and Juvenile Justice: Exploring the Intersections, Identifying the Solutions, Al Passarella Home Sweet Home: Race, Housing, and the Foreclosure Crisis, Rosie Uyola Not in My Backyard: An Examination of Suburban Gentrification as Tool for Combating Poverty, Portia Allen-Kyle Poverty and Health Care, Venessa Perry The Educational Achievement Gap and Poverty: Lessons of ESEA and Head Start, Franklin Dickerson Turner Workforce Development in an Era of Diminishing Work, Michael Vorgetts Worker Cooperatives as Models for Economic Engagement, Daphne Berry Inclusive Capitalism and Poverty Alleviation, David Madland, Karla Walters, Alex Ingrams Conclusion, Kyle Farmbry About the Editor About the Contributors Bibliography Index
