Programs in Aid of the Poor
Programs in Aid of the Poor by Sar A. Levitan is a revised and updated seventh edition published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 1998. This edition encompasses significant changes in federal assistance programs since 1991, providing a comprehensive overview of the evolving landscape of aid for various demographics, including families with dependent children, single-parent households, youth, veterans, and the elderly. The book examines the erosion of entitlement programs and the effects of the 1996 welfare reform on these groups.
Readers will find an analysis of four key strategies of assistance programs, which include income maintenance for those outside the workforce, provision of goods and services, prevention of intergenerational poverty, and support for the working poor. The concluding chapter presents feasible approaches to alleviating poverty, making this work a valuable resource for students, scholars, and policymakers interested in social services, public policy, and economic strategies related to poverty and homelessness. With 247 pages, this edition serves as a detailed reference on U.S. government programs aimed at assisting the poor.
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The revised and updated seventh edition of this standard work for students, scholars, and policymakers takes into account the broad changes in federal assistance programs since 1991. It reviews the steady erosion of entitlement programs to families with dependent children, single-parent households, youth, veterans, and the elderly. Most particularly, it looks at the impact of the 1996 welfare reform that dramatically reconfigured the aid landscape.
Following an examination of the characteristics of the American poor, the book analyzes four strategies of assistance programs: income maintenance programs directed mainly at the poor who are outside the work force; programs supplying goods and services; programs designed to prevent the spread of poverty to new generations; and programs to aid the working poor. The concluding chapter explores feasible approaches to the alleviation of poverty.
“A compact though detailed appraisal of U.S. government programs undertaken on behalf of the poor… a comfortable and fact-filled reference, generous in opinion and descriptive detail.” — American Political Science Review, reviewing a previous edition
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