Aids Prophets John L Birkin

Aids Prophets John L Birkin

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty,” launching a potpourri of new antipoverty programs and heightening existent ones. This war is still being fought. But with what success? And at what cost? Incorporating new info from the 2000 census, the eighth edition of Programs in Aid of the Poor provides an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of current federal programs purposed at extenuating poverty in the United States. The writers focus on programs that offer cash support, provide goods and services to poor people, address the well-being of children and youth, prepare young persons to earn above-poverty incomes, and offer adults a second prospect to earn their way out of poverty. They also talk about the definition of poverty, tell apart who the poor are, and generalize the causes of poverty.

“To an extent,” the writers find, “we have prosecuted our war versus poverty the way Senator George Aiken of Vermont advised that we do in Vietnam: ‘Declare victory and go home.’ Yet the war versus poverty has not been abandoned. Skirmishes continue, with widely vacillating commitment.”

Co-authors Garth and Stephen Mangum and Andrew Sum have likewise prepared a associate volume, The Persistence of Poverty in the United States, analyzing the underlying causes of poverty and it is persistence in America.

Review

“A compact though elaborated appraisal of U.S. government programs undertaken on behalf of the poor… a comfortable and fact-filled reference, generous in sentiment and descriptive detail.” — American Political Science Review, reviewing a former edition

Review

A very good book. Few who have written on poverty and governmental measures to alleviate the difficulties of poor people have as much well-selected info and insight.

An splendid resource for sociologists, economists, political scientists, and social workers fascinated in aiding the poor.

Packed into the 140 little pages of Programs in Aid of the Poor is everything that the behavioral scientist wants to know with regards to poor persons and the programs designed to aid them but doesn’t know whom to ask or what roots to consult… Superior skill in the manipulation of quantitative selective information and in the building of social indices is demonstrated. It is, in short, an magnificent book.

A handy descriptive summary of existent programs in the American War on Poverty for both the layman and the professional economist.

This is an splendid little book. It is a well written and comprehensive compendium of the assortment of programs that presently subsist and includes the rudiments of good analysis.

This is a businesslike, readable, and in general utile little guide to and commentary on the United States’ organized antipoverty efforts… The programs are set forth in logical sequence, measured in dollar and manpower terms, and briefly evaluated versus their objectives… We have here a outstandingly comprehensive compliation whose contents will have to be absorbed by those who make public policy.

As a primer, well-written and descriptive, this book, different from most, will prove rather useful. No sophistication in economics is required of it is audience. Thus, for the fascinated citizen or public official with fixed time but an interest in familiarizing himself with the subject, it is a good starting point. For those with an analytic bent, however, it is a comfortable and fact-filled reference, generous in opinion and descriptive detail.

About the Author

Sar A. Levitan (1914–1994) was exploration professor and conductor of the George Washington University Center for Social Policy Studies. He published sixteen books with Johns Hopkins, including Working but Poor (with Isaac Shapiro). Garth L. Mangum is Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Utah.Stephen L. Mangum is senior associate dean for academic programs in the Max M. Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University, Columbus. Andrew M. Sum is a professor of economics and conductor of the Center for Labor and Market Studies at Northeastern University in Boston.

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