The Undeserving Poor

Download or read book The Undeserving Poor written by Michael B. Katz and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 1990 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in over twenty-five years. the issue of poverty -- and our failure to deal with it -- is back at the top of the policy agenda and on the front page of the news. In this magisterial overview social historian Michael B. Katz, examines the ideas and assumptions that have shaped public policy from the sixties War on Poverty to the current war on welfare. Closely argued and lucidly written. The Undeserving Poor transcends the barriers that have channeled the American discussion of poverty and wealth into a narrow, self-defeating course, and points the way to a new, constructive approach to our major social problem. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.