Behind from the start : how America's war on the poor is harming our most vulnerable children

Behind from the start : how America's war on the poor is harming our most vulnerable children / Lenette Azzi-Lessing ; [foreword by Lisbeth B. Schorr].

"Today there are nearly six million children under the age of five living in poverty in the world's richest country. Blanket statements are often tossed around in the political arena, public debate sphere, and progressive rhetoric. But the statistic remains intangible for many Americans, l...

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Main Author: Azzi-Lessing, Lenette (Author)
Other Authors: Schorr, Lisbeth B. (writer of foreword.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
2000-2099
Poor children > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Children > United States > Social conditions > 21st century.
Child welfare > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Child welfare
Children > Social conditions
Poor children > Social conditions
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Poor policies for poor families: a look at our current situation
  • From the war on poverty to the war on poor families: history and ideology
  • Poverty is poison: multiple assaults on young lives
  • It takes a firestorm: how the child welfare system perpetuates the cycle
  • The emperor's old clothes: the false promise of simple solutions
  • We're gonna need a bigger boat: stronger, better programs for breaking the cycle
  • From neurons to national policy: policy prescriptions for ending intergenerational poverty.

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