The War on Poverty

The War on Poverty: A Retrospective examines the strategies and programs launched since 1964 through the eyes of academics and practitioners engaged in education, health care, social services provision, and community economic development.

The War on Poverty: A Retrospective examines the strategies and programs launched since 1964 through the eyes of academics and practitioners engaged in education, health care, social services provision, and community economic development.

Contents Preface, Kyle Farmbry Introduction: The War on Poverty - Some Initial Thoughts, Kyle Farmbry Poverty Policy Link: Three Examples, Sebawit G. Bishu and Mohamad Alkadry Women and Children in Poverty: How Low Income Female Headed Families Have Fared Since the War on Poverty, Regina Malveaux and Rachel Dolezal Immigration and Poverty , Portia Dinoso Campos "The Movement's Broadway": Race, Poverty, Education, and Healthcare in the State of Mississippi, Jennifer A. Stollman and Susan M. Glisson Poverty in Appalachia, Joanna Maulbeck War as Metaphor: The Convergence of the War on Poverty and the War on Drugs, Keesha Middlemass Poverty and Juvenile Justice: Exploring the Intersections, Identifying the Solutions, Al Passarella Home Sweet Home: Race, Housing, and the Foreclosure Crisis, Rosie Uyola Not in My Backyard: An Examination of Suburban Gentrification as Tool for Combating Poverty, Portia Allen-Kyle Poverty and Health Care, Venessa Perry The Educational Achievement Gap and Poverty: Lessons of ESEA and Head Start, Franklin Dickerson Turner Workforce Development in an Era of Diminishing Work, Michael Vorgetts Worker Cooperatives as Models for Economic Engagement, Daphne Berry Inclusive Capitalism and Poverty Alleviation, David Madland, Karla Walters, Alex Ingrams Conclusion, Kyle Farmbry About the Editor About the Contributors Bibliography Index