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Author Ambert, Anne-Marie, 1940-

Title The web of poverty : psychosocial perspectives / Anne-Marie Ambert.

Publication Info. New York : Haworth Press, [1998]
©1998

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.51 A491W    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 296 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Haworth marriage & the family
Haworth marriage and the family.
Contents Foreword / Terry S. Trepper -- Poverty in the United States and Canada -- Across the World -- Poverty in North America -- Canada and the United States -- The Extent of Poverty -- Other Aspects of Poverty -- The Gap Between Rich and Poor -- Mobility Out of and Back into Poverty -- The Reduction of Rural Poverty -- Systemic Causes of Poverty -- Globalization of the Economy -- Evolving Structure of the Economy -- Relative Loss of Manufacturing Jobs -- Expansion of the Service Sector -- Increase in Part-Time Employment -- Increase in Low-Paying Jobs -- Increase in Two-Wage-Earner Families -- Higher Educational Requirements -- Job Relocation -- Emphasis on Financial Profit -- Unemployment -- National Debt -- Low Social Assistance Payments -- Low-Skilled Immigration -- Personal Causes of Poverty -- Single Parenting -- Single Parenting and Poverty -- Divorced Single Parenting -- Never-Married Parenting -- Effects on Children -- Poverty in the Family of Origin -- School Dropout and Lack of Education -- Additional Factors: Delinquency and Ill Health -- Urban Neighborhoods in Poverty -- The Canadian Exception -- The Development of High-Poverty Neighborhoods -- Depletion of Neighborhood Resources -- Poor Neighborhoods and Negative Socialization of Children -- Poor Neighborhoods as Risk Factors for Children -- Homelessness -- The Nonpoor in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods -- Schools and Education in Poor Districts -- Schools in Impoverished Neighborhoods -- Quality of School Personnel and Disadvantaged Families.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-279) and indexes.
Subject Poverty -- North America -- Psychological aspects.
Inner cities -- North America.
Poor -- North America.
Local Subject Poor people -- North America.
Subject Poverty -- North America.
ISBN 0789002310 alkaline paper
0789002329 paperback alkaline paper
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