368 Pages
by
Routledge
368 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
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Professor Kriesberg explores in this book the many myths about the poor, the welfare dependents, and the husbandless mothers. The evidence marshalled does not support the idea that people continue on welfare generation after generation, that the children of broken families have disrupted marriages themselves, that the poor seek out public housing and public assistance because they prefer such... Read more
1: On Explaining the Life Style of the Poor; 2: Conditions and Processes; 3: Research Design and Characteristics of Families in the Study; 4: Enclaves of Poverty; 5: The Selection of Housing; 6: Work, Welfare, and Other Income Sources; 7: Intergenerational Patterns of Poverty and Broken Families; 8: Rearing Children for Independence and Achievement; 9: Training for Educational Achievement; 10: Conclusions
Biography
F.G. Bailey
