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FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO WELFARE REFORM: HOW THE AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES OF POVERTY CHANGED
Author(s) -
Schwartz Joel
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2007.00751.x
Subject(s) - poverty , welfare reform , welfare , development economics , culture of poverty , basic needs , economics , political science , economic growth , market economy
The American understanding of the causes of poverty has changed significantly since the War on Poverty was launched in 1964. It was then commonly believed that jobs were unavailable to the poor and that poverty should be reduced by doles. Today most observers contend that jobs are available for the poor, and that poverty stems from self‐defeating behaviours that doles exacerbate.