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The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America
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The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America Paperback - 1992

by Mead, Lawrence M

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A controversial look at how American politics has transformed the "new" poverty into a demoralization of the poor that has alienated them from the working majority, written by a workfare programs advocate and author of Beyond Entitlement. Two hardcover printings sold.

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Basic Books, 1992. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780465050697
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THE problem of entrenched poverty in the United States has caused a sea change in America politics.

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About the author

Lawrence M. Mead is associate professor of politics at New York University. He is the author of Beyond Entitlement: The Social Obligations of Citizenship (1986), and he writes frequently for Commentary, The Public Interest, and other scholarly and general-interest publications.