Poverty and Power: The Political Representation of Poor Americans Hardcover - 1996
by Douglas R. Imig
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During the 1980s the rich got richer while the poor got poorer. In 1981 alone, 70 percent of the $35 billion cut from the federal budget came from programs for the poor. Although the disparity in incomes has been widely reported, the efforts of antipoverty activists and groups combating the Reagan/Bush agenda have largely been overlooked. Poverty and Power follows the rise, decline, and partial resurgence of poor Americans' representation from the War on Poverty to the Reagan Revolution. Drawing on personal interviews and financial reports, Douglas R. Imig examines the political activity and organizational crises of antipoverty groups including the Center on Social Welfare Policy and Law, the Food Research and Action Center, the Community Nutrition Institute, Bread for the World, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and the Children's Defense Fund. His findings delineate how electoral policy and economic change in the 1980s posed a direct threat to the welfare of the poor, and suggest reasons why no massive mobilization for social justice emerged. Still, the dogged efforts of advocates and activists culminated in the passage of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, the first positive federal intervention into domestic social policy since the Reagan inauguration. Imig helps us understand the complex relationships between opportunity and action that characterize all social movements.
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- Title Poverty and Power: The Political Representation of Poor Americans
- Author Douglas R. Imig
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 161
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Nebraska Press
- Date 1996-01-01
- ISBN 9780803225008 / 0803225008
- Weight 1.08 lbs (0.49 kg)
- Dimensions 9.26 x 6.23 x 0.82 in (23.52 x 15.82 x 2.08 cm)
- Reading level 1580
- Library of Congress subjects Public welfare - United States, United States - Politics and government -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95017949
- Dewey Decimal Code 322.440
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