Worlds Apart : Poverty and Politics in Rural America

Duncan, Cynthia M.; Blackwell, Angela Glover (FRW)

ISBN 10: 0300196598 / ISBN 13: 9780300196597

Editore: Yale University Press, 2015

Codice articolo 21562883-n

Riassunto:

First published in 1999, Worlds Apart examined the nature of poverty through the stories of real people in three remote rural areas of the United States: New England, Appalachia, and the Mississippi Delta. In this new edition, Duncan returns to her original research, interviewing some of the same people as well as some new key informants. Duncan provides powerful new insights into the dynamics of poverty, politics, and community change.

"What stories Mil Duncan has to tell!  In this new edition of her classic Worlds Apart, she offers sage advice about how to begin to reverse the dangerously growing divide between rich and poor in our country."—Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis

"A mosaic of intimate portraits revealing the social, ecenomic, and political isolation of rural poverty, Worlds Apart is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the root causes of inquality in America."—Darren Walker, president, Ford Foundation

Informazioni sull?autore:

Cynthia M. Duncan is founding director of the Carsey Institute for Families and Communities at the University of New Hampshire and research director at AGree, an initiative bringing together diverse interests to transform food and agricultural policy in the United States.

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Titolo: Worlds Apart : Poverty and Politics in Rural...
Casa editrice: Yale University Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2015
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: New
Edizione: seconda edizione