Poverty & Power by Royce, Edward.Call Number: HC 110 .P6 R696 2023
ISBN: 9781538167557
Publication Date: 2023
Poverty is a serious problem in the United States, more so than commonly imagined, and more so than in other industrialized nations. Most Americans adhere to an individualistic perspective: they believe poverty is largely the result of people being deficient in intelligence, determination, education, and other personal traits. This book challenges this viewpoint, arguing that poverty arises from the workings of four key structural systems -- the economic, the political, the cultural, and the social -- and ten obstacles to economic justice, including unaffordable housing, inaccessible health care, and racial and gender discrimination. Author Edward Royce argues that a renewed war on poverty can be successful, but only through a popular movement to bring about significant change in the workings of American economic, political, and cultural institutions.