TY - BOOK N2 - "Alice O'Connor chronicles a transformation in the study of poverty, from a reform-minded inquiry into the political economy of industrial capitalism to a detached, highly technical analysis of the demographic and behavioral characteristics of the poor. Along the way, she uncovers the origins of several controversial concepts, including the "culture of poverty" and the "underclass." She shows how such notions emerged not only from trends within the social sciences, but from the central preoccupations of twentieth-century American liberalism: economic growth, the Cold War against communism, the changing fortunes of the welfare state, and the enduring racial divide. AB - "Alice O'Connor chronicles a transformation in the study of poverty, from a reform-minded inquiry into the political economy of industrial capitalism to a detached, highly technical analysis of the demographic and behavioral characteristics of the poor. Along the way, she uncovers the origins of several controversial concepts, including the "culture of poverty" and the "underclass." She shows how such notions emerged not only from trends within the social sciences, but from the central preoccupations of twentieth-century American liberalism: economic growth, the Cold War against communism, the changing fortunes of the welfare state, and the enduring racial divide. T1 - Poverty knowledge :social science, social policy, and the poor in twentieth-century U.S. history / DA - ©2001. CY - Princeton, N.J. : AU - O'Connor, Alice, CN - HC110.P6 PB - Princeton University Press, PP - Princeton, N.J. : PY - ©2001. ID - 1389723 KW - Poverty KW - Poor KW - Economic assistance, Domestic KW - Unemployment. KW - Welfare recipients KW - Unemployment KW - Class consciousness KW - Pauvreté KW - Pauvres KW - Aide au développement économique régional KW - Chômage. KW - unemployment. KW - Economic assistance, Domestic. KW - Poor. KW - Poverty. KW - Armut KW - Sozialhilfe KW - Sozialpolitik KW - Sozialwissenschaften KW - Sociaal-wetenschappelijk onderzoek. KW - Armoede. KW - Sociale politiek. KW - Economic assistance, Domestic KW - Poverty KW - Poor KW - Pauvreté KW - Pauvres SN - 0691009171 SN - 9780691009179 SN - 0691102554 SN - 9780691102559 TI - Poverty knowledge :social science, social policy, and the poor in twentieth-century U.S. history / ER -