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Poverty Amidst Affluence: Britain and the United States

Poverty is being rediscovered as a major issue in capitalist societies. The recent emphasis on economic growth is being superseded by a concern about the distribution of income and wealth and the large and ever increasing disparaties between rich and poor. As the authors argue, poverty amidst affluence is both economically and politically unacceptable. This new book attempts to provide a theoretical and empirical base for understanding poverty issues in Britain and America. It addresses four major questions. First, how much poverty is there in Britain and the USA today and how have the numbers and proportions of the poor changed during the last 30 years? Second, why are there so many people in poverty? Which of the various theories offer the best explanation? Third, why is the extent of poverty higher in the USA than in Britain despite its higher economic affluence? Fourth, what kind of policies are necessary to reduce substantially the numbers of the poor? How likely are these policies to be introduced in the 1990s? "Poverty Amidst Affluence" challenges social policy in the 1990s. As an up-to-date study of social deprivation, it should be of interest to students of social policy, sociology and political science interested in this problem.