Coping with Poverty: The Social Contexts of Neighborhood, Work, and Family in the African-American Community

by Sheldon H. Danziger

Conservatives often condemn the poor, particularly African-Americans, for having children out of wedlock, joblessness, dropping out of school, or tolerating crime. Liberals counter that, with more economic opportunity, the poor differ little from the nonpoor in these areas. In answer to both, Coping with Poverty points to the survival strategies of the poor and their multiple roles as parents, neighbors, relatives, and workers. Their attempts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472086979
• ISBN13: 9780472086979
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"