14 Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy After the Technological Revolution

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Preface ix
5. Introduction: The Evolution of Poverty and Antipoverty Policy 1
6. PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies
7. 1 The Level, Trend, and Composition of Poverty 27
8. 2 Changes in Family Structure: Implications for Poverty and Related Policy 69
9. 3 The Rising Tide Lifts ...? 97
10. 4 Mobility, Persistence, and the Consequences of Poverty for Children: Child and Adult Outcomes 127
11. 5 U. S. Poverty in a Cross-national Context 162
12. PART II The Evolution of Antipoverty Policies
13. 6 The Evolution of Income Support Policy in Recent Decades 193
14. 7 Welfare Policy in Transition: Redefining the Social Contract for Poor Citizen Families with Children and for Immigrants 229
15. 8 Health Policies for the Non-elderly Poor 278
16. 9 Investing in the Future: Reducing Poverty Through Human Capital Investments 314
17. PART III Neighborhoods, Groups, and Communities
18. 10 Housing Discrimination and Residential Segregation as Causes of Poverty 359
19. 11 The Memberships Theory of Poverty: The Role of Group Affiliations in Determining Socioeconomic Outcomes 392
20. 12 Community Revitalization, Jobs and the Well-being of the Inner-City Poor 417
21. PART IV Concluding Thoughts
22. 13 Politics, Race, and Poverty Research 447
23. 14 Poverty Research and Antipoverty Policy After the Technological Revolution 454
24. 15 Research on Poverty and Antipoverty Policies 463
25. Notes 473
26. References 507
27. Index 553