The War on Poverty

A Retrospective

Kyle Farmbry

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9780739190791
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historical Theory & Criticism
• Index: History

In January of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared a "War on Poverty." Over the next several years, the United States launched several programs aimed at drastically reducing the level of poverty throughout the nation. Now fifty years later, we have a number of lessons related to what has and has not worked in the fight against poverty. This book is a collection of chapters by both researchers and practitioners studying and addressing matters of poverty as they intersect with a number of broader social challenges such as health care, education, and criminal justice issues. The War on Poverty: A Retrospective serves as a collection of many of their observations, thoughts, and findings. Ultimately, the authors reflect on some of the lessons of the past fifty years and ask basic questions about poverty and its continued impact on American society, as well as how we might continue to address the challenges that poverty presents for our nation.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Poverty-Policy Link
• Women and Children First?
• Immigration and Poverty
• “The Movement’s Broadway”
• Poverty in Appalachia
• War as Metaphor
• Poverty and Juvenile Justice
• Home Sweet Home
• Not in My Backyard
• Poverty and Health Care
• The Educational Achievement Gap and Poverty
• Workforce Development in an Era of Diminishing Work
• Worker Cooperatives as Models for Economic Engagement
• Inclusive Capitalism and Poverty Alleviation
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Editor
• About the Contributors