Social Poverty: Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties

by Sarah Halpern-Meekin

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How low-income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty

Could a lack of close, meaningful social ties be a public--rather than just a private--problem? In Social Poverty, Sarah Halpern-Meekin provides a much-needed window into the nature of social ties among low-income, unmarried parents, highlighting their often-ignored forms of hardship. Drawing on in-depth interviews with thirty-one couples, collected during their...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1479816892

ISBN13:9781479816897

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:New York University Press

Length:320 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Social Science Social Sciences

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