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Fatherless Families
High Socioeconomic Origins
High Status Origins
husbandless
Husbandless Mother
Intergenerational Perpetuation
intergenerational poverty transmission
Intergenerational Processes
Life Style
Louis Kriesber
Low Income Public Housing
Low Income Public Housing Projects
Low Socioeconomic Origins
Low Status Origins
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Panel Sample
Park Tenants
poverty cycle dynamics
Project Tenants
Public Housing Projects
Receive AFDC Benefit
single parenthood research
social stratification
Socioeconomic Origins
Stern Project
Subcultural Explanation
Surrounding Areas
urban sociology
welfare policy analysis
Young Man
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- ISBN 9780202308708
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Professor Kriesberg explores in this book the many myths about the poor, the welfare dependents, and the husbandless mothers. The evidence marshalled does not support the idea that people continue on welfare generation after generation, that the children of broken families have disrupted marriages themselves, that the poor seek out public housing and public assistance because they prefer such dependency, or that husbandless mothers all have lower educational goals for their children than do married mothers. Beginning with major theoretical issues, Professor Kriesberg developed specific hypotheses about the life of the poor and the culture of poverty; the hypotheses were tested with data from a study of families in and around four public housing projects in Syracuse.Issues discussed in the book include the social worlds of the housing projects and the relations between the tenants and the residents of surrounding neighborhoods; the recruitment and selection of families into public housing; and the alternatives the female heads of families face in obtaining money for their families. Two chapters are devoted to an analysis of childrearing patterns that affect the child's later independence and educational achievements, focusing upon intergenerational processes and contemporary conditions such as housing, income, and family structure. Here the complex interplay of parental values, beliefs, and actual conduct is studied. Finally the sociological and policy implications of the findings are set forth with specific proposals concerning the reduction of poverty.This in-depth analysis of poverty with its emphasis on fatherless families will be of interest to sociologists and social workers and those concerned with poverty, employment, women's rights, civil rights, education, and urban development.
Louis Kriesberg is currently professor emeritus of Sociology at Syracuse University.
