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The War on Poverty Then and Now: A Plan Toward Ultimate Victory
Author(s) -
Joseph Rigaud
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
poverty and public policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.206
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1944-2858
DOI - 10.1002/pop4.174
Subject(s) - austerity , victory , poverty , scope (computer science) , political economy , economics , development economics , politics , political science , economic growth , law , computer science , programming language
Despite officially declaring war on poverty (WOP) in 1964, America still deals with significantly high rates of poverty. The persistence of poverty in the New World is puzzling and has prompted talks of a lost cause among scholars and political leaders. This article describes the scope of poverty in America and its impact on children, revisits the Great Society agenda, and draws analogies between wars and the metaphorical WOP. It is argued that the WOP is not over yet, but has been through dormant phases conditioned by austerity policies since the early 1980s. A plan toward ultimate victory is proposed.