TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gans,Herbert J.
TI  - The war against the poor: the underclass and antipoverty policy 
SN  - 0465019900
AV  - HC 110 G199w 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - BasicBooks
KW  - Poor
KW  - United States
KW  - Public welfare
KW  - Economic assistance, Domestic
KW  - Armen (personen)
KW  - gtt
KW  - Stigmatisering (sociale wetenschappen)
KW  - Sociale politiek
KW  - Pauvres
KW  - âEtats-Unis
KW  - Aide sociale
KW  - Aide au dâeveloppement âeconomique râegional
KW  - ram
KW  - Pauvretâe
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-186) and indexes; Ch. 1. Labeling the Poor -- Ch. 2. The Invention of the Underclass Label -- Ch. 3. The Dangers of "Underclass" and Other Labels -- Ch. 4. The Undeservingness of the Poor -- Ch. 5. Policies Against Poverty and Undeservingness -- Ch. 6. Joblessness and Antipoverty Policy in the Twenty-first Century; Also issued online
N2  - For most of its history, America has been fighting a vicious war that cannot be won: a war against its poor. Herbert J. Gans argues that by withholding the opportunity for decent jobs and incomes, we are also killing the spirit of an already large portion of the population. And, he warns, as more well-paying and secure jobs disappear from the American economy, a growing number of workers will join its ranks. The book ends with an imaginative set of economic policy ideas for a twenty-first-century America that may never again be able to supply enough decent jobs for everyone
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/95013180-d.html
ER  -