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<p>Welfare reform was supposed to end welfare as we know it. And it has. The welfare poor have been largely transformed into the working poor, but their poverty persists. This hard-hitting book takes a close look at where weâve gone wrong-and where we might go next if we truly want to improve the lot of Americaâs underclass.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tracing the roots of recent reforms to the early days of the war on poverty, <i>A Poverty of Imagination</i> describes a social welfare system grown increasingly inept, corrupt, and susceptible to conservative redesign. Investigating the causes of the ongoing failure of welfare assistance, Stoesz focuses on the economic barriers that impede movement out of poverty into the American mainstream. He explores such issues as the heterogeneity of welfare families, generational welfare, inadequate benefits, the negative effects of time limits on welfare recipients, a fringe banking industry that exploits low-income families, the limited capacity of low-wage markets, and the unavailability of credit.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stoesz suggests that a form of bootstrap capitalism would allow individuals and families to participate more fully in Ame

Author

Stoesz, David

Publisher

Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9780299169541

Subjects

Social Science, Economics, History