Product Description: The United States has been epitomized as a land of opportunity, where hard work and skill can bring personal success and economic well-being. The American Dream has captured the imagination of people from all walks of life, and to many, it represents the heart and soul of the country...read more

'Mark Robert Rank 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 ... demonstrates that poverty is an issue of vital national concern'--Jacket.

Product Description: A supplemental reader for undergraduate/graduate level courses on Sociology of the Family and Marriage and Family in departments of sociology, human development, and family studies. This text is a collection of readings on the family that explores variations in families, family relationships across the life course, and family problems and problem-solving strategies...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass―the center of most policy debate―struggles on welfare. Rank's juxtaposition of numbers and faces demonstrates that welfare recipients share much in common with the rest of the population...read more