Family Poverty in Diverse Contexts

C. Anne Broussard is a sociologist and Associate Professor of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire, USA.

This edited collection addresses the context of poverty in the United States and focuses on poverty issues that family members must confront as they move through the life course.

Introduction 1. The Poverty Context Cross-Sections of Oppression and Poverty 2. "Greed is Good": The Idle Rich, The Working Poor and Personal Responsibility 3. Women in a Bind: The Decline of Marriage, Market and the State 4. Life After Welfare 5. The Dynamics of Poverty in Rural and Urban Areas 6. Hispanic Families in Poverty: The Hidden Contribution of Immigrants Poverty Across the Life Span: Change, Crisis and Resilience 7. Family Poverty, Welfare Reform and Child Development 8. Childhood Disability, Poverty and Family Life: A Complex Relationship 9. Foster Care and Families Apart: Poverty, Placement and Potential 10. Poverty and Educational 11. Going It Alone: Single Motherhood and Poverty 12. Old and Poor: America's Hidden Problem Rethinking Family Poverty 13. Poverty, Stress, Resilience: Using the MRM Model for Understanding and Abating Poverty Related Family Stress 14. Poverty Policy and Ideology