Poverty Knowledge
| Author | Alice O'Connor |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Poverty |
| Published | 2001 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 392 |
| ISBN | 9780691102559 Search this book on  . |
Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History is a 2001 book about the history of the study of poverty in the United States in the 20th century by historian Alice O'Connor.[1] The book describes the history of poverty studies, starting from reform movements in the Progressive era, to the rise of programs in the Great Society, and finally to a rise of technocratic approaches to studying poverty and a dismantling of the welfare state.
Summary[edit]
O'Connor traces the development of the study of poverty, starting with works in the Progressive era such as W. E. B. Du Bois' The Philadephia Negro and Hull-House Maps and Papers. She then discusses the development of the Chicago school of sociology, which departed from the original reform-minded Progressive study of poverty. This was followed by the 1960s War on Poverty. Along with this, however, came the rise of ideas such as the culture of poverty in the 1960s and the development of the "underclass" idea in the 1980s. Ideas such as these led to the end of "welfare as we know it" in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act. Finally, in the chapter "Toward a New Poverty Knowledge", O'Connor suggests a new approach to studying poverty that involves the poor more and gives them more agency.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Poverty Knowledge. 2002-09-01. ISBN 978-0-691-10255-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Crocker, Ruth (2002-06-01). "Alice O'Connor. Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History. (Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century America.) Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2001. Pp. xi, 373. $29.95". The American Historical Review. 107 (3): 906–907. doi:10.1086/ahr/107.3.906. ISSN 0002-8762.
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