Billings, Dwight B.
Description
Kathleen Blee and Dwight Billings examine the social dynamics of persistently poor rural communities through the history of Clay County, an especially
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po or section of the Eastern Kentucky mountains in Appalachia. This book makes an important contribution to basic research on inequality pointing to the shortcomings of treating symptomatic problems of low income, while failing to address systemic ones at a time when American policymakers are struggling to design and implement effective programs to move people from welfare to work.
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Genres
History
Research & Essays
Tags
POVERTY
Economic Policy
APPALACHIAN REGION
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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Publishing Info
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Month-Year
Jan, 2000
ISBN
ISBN-13: 9780521655460
ISBN-10: 0521655463
Language
English
No. of Pages
434
Format
Paperback
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