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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Basic Books
Publication date
April 1, 1992
Pages
356
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780465059621
ISBN-10
0465059627
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$25.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Thirty years ago, the great national debate was how to help ordinary, workaday Americans achieve the good things in life. Today, we are preoccupied withâand increasingly divided overâhow to cope with the problems of poor and dependent Americans, most of whom cannot or will not work at the jobs available. Mead provides overwhelming and disturbing evidence that passive povertyâthe failure of most of the poor to work at allâreflects defeatism more than lack of opportunity. In this controversial book, Mead proposes concrete steps to overcome the inertia of the nonworking poor trapped in the welfare system. If the poor return to work, he suggests, American politics would focus once again on the problems of the working Americans.
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Hardcover
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from Basic Books (April 1, 1992)
9780465059621 | details & prices | 356 pages | List price $25.00
About: Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society
About: Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society
Paperback
Reprint edition from Basic Books (July 20, 1993); titled "The New Politics of Poverty: The Nonworking Poor in America"
9780465050697 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $21.00
About: Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society
About: Examines why many unemployed Americans will not work in available jobs, and discusses the consequences for the individuals and for society
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