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Yokelson, Doris, Ed. – 1975
Part 2 of the second volume in a four volume collection, this document addresses income and employment, food stamps, economic development programs, and the work force. Listings included here are theories of unemployment; the food stamp program; the use of Economic Development Programs as antipoverty measures; the Rural Development Insurance Fund;…
Descriptors: American Culture, American Studies, Anthologies, Economic Factors
Yokelson, Doris, Ed.; Karsten, Peter, Ed. – 1975
The final and fourth volume in a collection of papers on poverty issues, this document deals with studies of poverty and social welfare programs in five Western European countries, Canada, and Japan. Eight sections constitute the document: some cross-national characteristics of poverty; poverty and antipoverty in Britain (characteristics of…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid
Yokelson, Doris, Ed. – 1975
Part 1 of the second volume in a four volume collection, this document includes sections on housing, health, crime, and energy and focuses on such topics as: federal policies for low income housing; the future supply of housing; nonaffluent behavior and attitudes related to health and well being; costs, coverage, and issues in medicaid; the…
Descriptors: American Studies, Anthologies, Community Health Services, Crime
Yokelson, Doris, Ed. – 1975
This four-volume anthology is comprised of numerous drafts, papers, and reports written by professional staff and consultants of the Hudson Institute. The many chapters are not considered to offer any solutions but to have raised many problems, sorted out and elucidated issues, often in new ways, and suggested recommendations. The present…
Descriptors: American Culture, American Studies, Anthologies, Cultural Awareness
Yokelson, Doris, Ed. – 1975
Volume 3 of a four volume collection, this document addresses the extent and the depth of public support in America for domestic social welfare programs and the social, moral, and economic attitudes of the poor and near poor. Specifically, three major sections focus on: the national morale and support for domestic reform; attitudes toward welfare,…
Descriptors: American Culture, American Studies, Anthologies, Class Attitudes