Overview

This collection of readings provides the voice, the presence, and the perspective of the poor who live on the margins and are generally invisible to the middle and upper classes.    The goals of this reader are twofold: (1) to bring the realities of the lives of the impoverished as close to the reader as possible (2) to get the reader to listen carefully to these voices of the poor in order to enhance their understanding of: How the poor became poor. How the poor are treated by individuals and organizations in the community. What keeps the poor poor. How the poor manage day-to-day. What theory of causation best explains poverty. The consequences of the welfare-to-work federal legislation. The best solutions for ending poverty.

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Author:   D. Stanley Eitzen ,  Kelly Eitzen Smith
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 18.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.388kg
ISBN:  

9780205547951

ISBN 10:   0205547958
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   16 May 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface Part I: POVERTY IN THE UNITED STATES Poverty in the United States and the Sociological Imagination The Extent and Distribution of Poverty in the United States The Sociological Imagination Notes and Suggestions for Further Reading Part II: THEORIES OF POVERTY: WHY ARE THE POOR POOR? Chapter 1: Theories of Poverty: Who or What Is to Blame for Poverty? Jackie Spinks: Poverty or At Home in a Car Steven VanderStaay: The Armstrongs: An Oral History of a Homeless American Family Nikkie Thompson: Feeling Trapped Robert D. Bullard: No 40 Acres and a Mule: An Interview with a Displaced Black Farmer Brian K. Fair: Notes of a Racial Caste Baby Part III: POVERTY AND VULNERABILITY Chapter 2: One Step Away Ron Kovic: A Veteran Speaks of the Forgotten Wounded of Iraq Janis Johnston: On the Margins: The Lack of Resources and the Lack of Health Care Emma Dixon: Personal Voices: An Unnatural Disaster Sharon Hays: The Domino Effect Part IV: LIVING ON THE ECONOMIC MARGINS Chapter 3: Survival and Finances Susan Sheehan: Ain't No Middle Class David K. Shipler: The Working Poor Chapter 4: Discrimination/Racism/Stigma Robin Rogers-Dillon: The Dynamics of Welfare Stigma Allan Berube with Florence Berube: Sunset Trailer Park Toby F. Sonneman: Migrants and the Community Charlie LeDuf: At a Slaughterhous Chapter 5: Parenting in Poverty Tamicia Rush: The Empty Christmas Steven VanderStaay: Karla Greg Halpern: Vinela Tejada: Custodian, Vanderbilt Hall, Harvard Medical School Part V: THE IMPACT OF SOCIETAL INSTITUTIONS ON INDIVIDUAL LIVES Chapter 6: Housing/Homeless Shelters/Neighborhoods Bobby Burns: Shelter Susan J. Popkin, Victoria E. Gwiasda, Lynn M. Olson, Dennis P. Rosenbaum, and Larry Buron: The Residents of Rockwell Gardens Chapter 7: The Welfare System Jason DeParle: Money: Milwaukee, Summer 1999 Alejandra Marchevsky and Jeanne Theoharis: Trapped in the Double-Bind of Welfare Chapter 8: Schools and Schooling Delphia Boykin: Seventh Grade Disaster Luis Rodriguez: Always Running Chapter 9: Work and Working Toby F. Sonneman: Looking for Work, Waiting for Work An Interview with Linda Lord: Chicken Run Lisa Liu: The Story of a Garment Worke Greg Halpern: Frank Morley: Custodian, Littauer Center for Public Administration Part VI: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE AGENCY AND EMPOWERMENT Chapter 10: Changes from the Bottom Up Hazel Johnson: Surviving Chicago's Toxic Doughnut Dottie Stevens: Welfare Rights Organizing Saved My Life David Bacon: Josefina Flores: A Veteran of the War in the Fields David Swanson: How Predatory Lending Victims Fought Back and Won

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D. Stanley Eitzen is professor emeritus in sociology from Colorado State University, where previously he was the John N. Stern Distinguished Professor. He recieved his Ph.D. from the Unitsity of Kansas. Among his books are: Social Problems, which was awarded the McGuffey Longevity Award for excellence over multipe editions in 2000 by the Text and Academic Authos Association, and Diversity in Families (both co-authored with Maxine Baca Zinn), Solutions to Social Problems: Lessons from Other Societies (with Graig S. Leeham) , Paths to Homelessness: Extreme Poverty and the Urban Housing Crisis (with Doug A. Timmer and Kathryn Talley), Sociology of North American Sport (with George H. Sage,) and Fair and Foul: Rethinking the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport. He has served as the president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and as editor of The Social Science Journal. Kelly Eitzen Smith received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Arizona in 1999. She is currently the director of the Center for Applied Sociology and a lecturer at the University of Arizona. At the Center for Applied Sociology she has conducted research in the areas of day labor, homelessness, poverty, urban housing and neighborhood development. Her sociological interests include gender, family, sexuality, stratification, and social problems. She is the co-author of Experiencing Poverty, 1/e, Social Problems 11/e, and In Conflict and Order 12/e (forthcoming).

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