Poverty and Power: The Problem of Structural Inequality - Softcover

Royce, Edward

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9780742564442: Poverty and Power: The Problem of Structural Inequality
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ISBN 10: 0742564444 ISBN 13: 9780742564442
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

Most Americans persist in believing that poverty results primarily from individual deficiencies: people are poor because they lack intelligence, determination, and skills. In opposition to this dominant, individualistic view, Poverty and Power proposes that American poverty is a structural problem, resulting from the failings of the political economy, not the failings of the poor. In Poverty and Power Edward Royce argues that the current poverty problem originates from changes in the larger economic, political and cultural landscape and from a corresponding shift in the balance of power that has worked to the advantage of business over labor.

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About the Author

Edward Royce is associate professor of sociology at Rollins College.

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Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0742564444
ISBN 13 
9780742564442
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
340
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