02909nam a2200385 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151020003800187020003500225020002700260040002100287035002100308043001200329050002500341082002100366100002100387245010200408260007000510300002500580504005100605505121700656505020801873533015202081650005102233650004802284655002902332710001702361856012602378999001902504ebr10460899CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||070323s2007    ncua    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2007012426  z9780807831113 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0807831115 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780807858042 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0807858048 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z9780807882290 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)707925210  an-us---14aHC110.P6bS78 2007eb04a362.5/5609732221 aStricker, Frank.10aWhy America lost the war on poverty-- and how to win ith[electronic resource] /cFrank Stricker.  aChapel Hill [N.C.] :bUniversity of North Carolina Press,cc2007.  axiii, 343 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.00tPreface --tIntroduction --gpt. 1. Thetgolden age of laissez-faire? : the 50s --g1. Thet1950s : limited government, limited affluence --gpt. 2.tWars on poverty : the 60s --g2.tPlanning the war on poverty : fixing the poor or fixing the economy? --g3.tEvaluating the war on poverty : the conservatism of liberalism --g4.tMoynihan, the dissenters, and the racialization of poverty : a liberal turning point that did not turn --g5.tStatistics and theory of unemployment and poverty : lessons from the 60s and the postwar era --gpt. 3.tToward a war on the poor : the 70s and 80s --g6. Thetpolitics of poverty and welfare in the 70s : from Nixon to Carter --g7.tToo much work ethic : one reason poverty rates stopped falling in the 70s, and the stories that were told about it --g8.tCutting poverty or cutting welfare : conservatives attack liberalism --g9.tReagan, Reaganomics, and the American poor, 1980-1992 --gpt. 4. Thetpoor you will always have with you - if you don't do the right thing : 1993-present --g10.tStaying poor in the Clinton boom : welfare reform, the nearby labor force, and the limits of the work ethic --g11.tBush and beyond : on solving and not solving poverty --80tAppendix 1 : Unemployment, poverty, earnings, and household structure --tAppendix 2 : Groups often left out of antipoverty discussions in the 60s and today --tNotes --tBibliographical essay --tIndex.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aPovertyzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 0aPoorzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th century. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10460899zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c228466d228466