Poverty Knowledge: Social Science, Social Policy, and the Poor in Twentieth-Century U.S. History (Politics and Society in Modern America Book 16)
Poverty Knowledge explores the relationship between social science, social policy, and poverty in twentieth-century U.S. history. With a focus on how poverty has been understood within American political and social life, Alice O’Connor offers a historical study of ideas, institutions, and policy debates.
About This Book
Poverty Knowledge examines the study of poverty in the United States during the twentieth century.
Drawing together social science and social policy, the book considers how knowledge about poverty is produced and used.
Its historical approach places debates about poverty within the broader development of modern American politics and society.
The book is part of the Politics and Society in Modern America series.
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