Poverty in the United States: Dimensions of Power and Inequality.
This paper gives two definitions of poverty (relative and absolute) and discusses the potential causes of poverty, mostly drawn from Harold Kerbo's book, Social Stratification and Inequality, but also from Michael Harrington's study, The Other America. The paper draws the distinction between subsistence and freedom from poverty, and discusses potential solutions to the problem of poverty in industrialized nations. 5-pages, bibliography lists 2 sources.
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