Cultural and Structural Perspectives on Poverty

Abstract

Those who advocate that there is a culture of poverty are back in vogue. This author says they are still wrong. Poverty is largely the result of a lack of opportunity and other structural issues, not personality defects or destructive traditions.

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Mildred Rein

Mildred Rein is a writer/researcher living in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She has published two books and several articles on poverty and welfare.