The geography of American poverty is there a need for place-based policies?

Partridge and Rickman explore the wide geographic disparities in poverty across the United States. Their focus on the spatial dimensions of U.S. poverty reveals distinct differences across states, metropolitan areas, and counties and leads them to consider why antipoverty policies have succeeded in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Partridge, Mark D., author (author), Rickman, Dan S., author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kalamazoo, Michigan : W.E. Upjohn Institute [2006]
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Sumario:Partridge and Rickman explore the wide geographic disparities in poverty across the United States. Their focus on the spatial dimensions of U.S. poverty reveals distinct differences across states, metropolitan areas, and counties and leads them to consider why antipoverty policies have succeeded in some places and failed in others.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 355 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-340) and index.
ISBN:9780880994484