One Nation, Underprivileged: Why American Poverty Affects Us All (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195101683)

Despite its enormous wealth, the United States leads the industrialized world in poverty. One Nation, Underprivileged unravels this disturbing paradox by offering a unique and radically different understanding of American poverty. It debunks many of our most common myths about the poor, while at the same time provides a powerful new framework for addressing this enormous social and economic problem.
Mark Robert Rank vividly shows that the fundamental causes of poverty are to be found in our economic structure and political policy failures, rather than individual shortcomings or attitudes. He establishes for the first time that a significant percentage of Americans will experience poverty during their adult lifetimes, and firmly demonstrates that poverty is an issue of vital national concern.
Ultimately, Rank provides us with a new paradigm for understanding poverty, and outlines an innovative set of strategies that will reduce American poverty. One Nation, Underprivileged represents a profound starting point for rekindling a national focus upon America's most vexing social and economic problem.

Author: Mark Robert Rank
ISBN-10: 0195101685
ISBN-13: 9780195101683
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2004
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.50w x 1.14d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2004 pg. 1584
Choice 12/01/2004 pg. 743