1st Edition
Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts
Introduction 1. The Poverty Context - C. Anne Broussard and Alfred L. Joseph Cross-Sections of Oppression and Poverty 2. "Greed is Good": The Idle Rich, The Working Poor and Personal Responsibility - Keith Kilty 3. Women in a Bind: The Decline of Marriage, Market and the State - Mimi Abramovitz 4. Life After Welfare - Karen Seccombe 5. The Dynamics of Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas - Karen Slovak and Karen Carlson 6. Hispanic Families in Poverty: The Hidden Contribution of Immigrants - Robert Aponte and Carrie E. Foote Poverty Across the Life Span: Change, Crisis and Resilience 7. Family Poverty, Welfare Reform and Child Development - Elizabeth A. Segal and Michael D. Niles 8. Childhood Disability, Poverty and Family Life: A Complex Relationship - Patrick Shannon 9. Foster Care and Families Apart: Poverty, Placement and Potential - Carrie Jefferson Smith 10. Poverty and Educational - Alfred L. Joseph and Tammy Anne Schwartz 11. Going It Alone: Single Motherhood and Poverty - C. Anne Broussard 12. Old and Poor: America’s Hidden Problem – L. Rene Bergeron Rethinking Family Poverty 13. Poverty, Stress, Resilience: Using the MRM Model for Understanding and Abating Poverty Related Family Stress - Charles Hennon, W. Sean Newsome, Gary W. Peterson, Stephan Wilson, M. Elise Radina and Bruno Hildenbrand 14. Poverty Policy and Ideology - Katharine Briar-Lawson and Sandra Austin
Biography
C. Anne Broussard is a sociologist and Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire, USA.
Alfred L. Joseph is Associate Professor in the Department of Family Studies and Social Work at Miami University, USA.
