Freedman, Jonathan, FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE, Atheneum Pub.1993, Draws on the true stories of people at every stage of life to reveal the human face of poverty in America, revealing innovative programs funded by showstring budgets helping hopeless people cope and transform their lives. 245 pages
Freeman, Susan Tax, NEIGHBORS: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IN A CASTILLIAN HAMLET, Chicago, University Press,1970, Examines the nature of the contracts that bind Valdemorans to one another in a small community in Old Castile, Spain and reveals how the egalitarian tradition is strongly formalized, with differences in class or wealth making little difference in relations. 233 pages
Funiciello, Theresa, TYRANNY OF KINDNESS: DISMANTLING THE WELFARE SYSTEM TO END POVERTY IN AMERICA, New York, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1993, Indictment of the welfare system by a former welfare mother, whose firsthand experience propelled her into advocacy. Offers an alternative to the present system. 340 pages.
Galbraith, John Kenneth, THE VOICE OF THE POOR, Harvard University Press, 1993. A concise and enlightening set of essays that offer a new twist on a familiar theme in which the author reverses the usual order of rich dictating to poor and outlines the kind of advice less privileged nations should be offering the more fortunate about issues that affect us all. 88 pages.
Greene, Leonard M., FREE ENTERPRISE WITHOUT POVERTY:A Bold Plan Full- Fledged Capitalism-With Economic Security For All, New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1981--The plan is outlined by the author who is president of The Institute for Socioeconomic Studies, a New York think tank. The graduated income supplement is fully explained. 186 pages.
Mandler, Peter, Ed., THE USES OF CHARITY, THE POOR ON RELIEF IN THE NINETEENTH-CENTURY METROPOLIS, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1990. A collection of eight original essays. Addresses charity from the point of view of the recipients, and challenges assumptions about the marginality and dependence of the poor in the 19th century. A valuable resource for students and scholars of history, anthropology, sociology and women's studies. 259 pages.
McElvaine, Robert S., THE GREAT DEPRESSION: AMERICA 1929-1941, Times Paperbound Pub.1984, {laces the economic crisis in the context of the period. 402 pages
Mead, Lawrence M.,THE NEW POLITICS OF POVERTY, Basic Books, 1992--Examines the growing number of poor and dependent Americans and the failure of traditional social reforms to bring them back into the mainstream. Argues that this "passive poverty" reflects defeatism rather than lack of opportunity. 356 pages.
Meyer, Jack A., MEETING HUMAN NEEDS:Toward A New Public Philosophy, American Enterprise Institute, 1982--Presents a new conceptual framework for providing social services, one that incorporates the private sector, labor unions, and neighborhood groups in innovative activities to serve those in need. 469 pages.
Phillips, Kevin, THE POLITICS OF RICH AND POOR, Random House,1990-- Blames the Reagan-Bush campaign liturgy for a raft of social and political problems rooted in bad management, politicized bureaucracies, runaway influence peddling and the gimme, gimme mentality of Americans of all classes. 262 pages.
Pillsuk, Marc & Phyllis, HOW WE LOST THE WAR ON POVERTY, Transaction Books, 1976--Shows that a full-scale battle was never fought at all, and suggests a more effective future campaign. 338 pages.
Rogers, H. P., TAKING A STAND ON POVERTY, Wellington, CA 1991---easy Q & A format examines public policy in this area. 89 pages.
Sheehan, Susan, LIFE FOR ME AIN'T BEEN NO CRYSTAL STAIR, Pantheon Pub., A hard look at institutionalized foster care in the U.S., seen from the perspective of three generations of one inner-city family. 174 pages.
Trattner, Walter I, FROM POOR LAW TO WELFARE STATE, Free Press, New York, 1984--A panoramic overview of social welfare in the U.S. from the colonial era to the present, highlights developments in public health, child welfare, the reforms of the 1950's, Kennedy's New Frontier, and Reagan's "New Federalism." 362 pages.
Weicher, John C., MAINTAINING THE SAFETY NET; INCOME REDISTRIBUTION PROGRAMS IN THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, American Enterprise Institute 1984--Assesses the budget cuts and the modifications in program structure during the Reagan Administration. 204 pages