Poverty in America : urban and rural inequality and deprivation in the 21st century

Skidmore, Max J., 1933- (editor.).

Summary: Max J. Skidmore (Ph.D., University of Minnesota) teaches at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he is University of Missouri Curators' Professor of Political Science, and Thomas Jefferson Fellow. He has been Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer in India, where he was Director of the American Studies Research Centre in Hyderabad, and has been Senior Fulbright Scholar at the University of Hong Kong. He has published over two dozen works on numerous topics, including Social Security and its Enemies (1999), Securing America's Future: A Bold Plan to Preserve and Expand Social Security (2008), Bulwarks Against Poverty: Social Security, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act (2014), and Presidents, Pandemics, and Politics (forthcoming, 2016)."--back cover

Record details

ISBN: 1633912701
ISBN: 9781633912700
Physical Description: x, 368 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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Publisher: Washingon, DC : Westphalia Press, 2015.
Copyright: ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The reality of poverty in America and a look at two of the most important programs -- Case studies and policy suggestions -- Insights from abroad.