As American as Apple Pie: Poverty and Welfare
Open Access
- 1 May 2003
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Contexts
- Vol. 2 (3) , 41-49
- https://doi.org/10.1525/ctx.2003.2.3.41
Abstract
Few Americans see poverty as a normal state of affairs. Yet most will experience poverty and will use welfare at some point in their lives. How can this be, and how does (or should) it change the way we look at poverty in the United States?Keywords
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