Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong about Poverty - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark Robert Rank, Lawrence M. Eppard, Heather E. BullockPublish date:2021-03-01Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190881382ISBN-10:190881380UPC:9780190881382Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Poverty & Homelessness, Social WorkSize:9.40 x 6.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCHE5904N2
What if the idealized image of American societya land of opportunity that will reward hard work with economic successis completely wrong? Few topics have as many myths, stereotypes, and misperceptions surrounding them as that of poverty in America. The poor have been badly misunderstood since the beginnings of the country, with the rhetoric only ratcheting up in recent times. Our current era of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190881382ISBN-10:190881380UPC:9780190881382Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Poverty & Homelessness, Social WorkSize:9.40 x 6.20 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCHE5904N2
Mark Robert Rank is currently the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts on issues of poverty, inequality, and social justice. He has been the recipient of many awards, and his research has been reported in a wide range of media outlets including...
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