Learned Helplessness, Welfare, and the Poverty Cycle (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781534504639)

Between 1996 and 2017, the number of families on welfare declined to less than a quarter of its former rate of coverage, yet nearly twice as many households live in extreme poverty and nearly 25 percent of American children live in poverty. What can be done to help these children and families escape poverty? Are government programs like welfare the best solution, or are there other ways to pull families out of poverty? This volume looks at the issue of poverty, the various theories about why it proliferates, and a number of proposed strategies to fight it.

Author: Kristina Lyn Heitkamp
ISBN-10: 153450463X
ISBN-13: 9781534504639
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2018
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.60d