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Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
St.Clair River Interconnection
Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 2138
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Planning & Zoning News
Author: Official Proceedings
Author: Saint Clair County (Mich.) Board of SupervisorsPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Biennial Report of the Attorney General of the State of Michigan
Author: Michigan. Department of Attorney GeneralPublisher:
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Category : Attorneys general's opinions
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Report of the Attorney General ...
Author: Michigan Attorney General's DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Attorneys general's opinions
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Michigan Courthouse Review
Author: Industrial Directory of New Jersey
Author: Confronting Suburban Poverty in America
Author: Elizabeth KneebonePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815723911
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
It has been nearly a half century since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty. Back in the 1960s tackling poverty "in place" meant focusing resources in the inner city and in rural areas. The suburbs were seen as home to middle- and upper-class families—affluent commuters and homeowners looking for good schools and safe communities in which to raise their kids. But today's America is a very different place. Poverty is no longer just an urban or rural problem, but increasingly a suburban one as well. In Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube take on the new reality of metropolitan poverty and opportunity in America. After decades in which suburbs added poor residents at a faster pace than cities, the 2000s marked a tipping point. Suburbia is now home to the largest and fastest-growing poor population in the country and more than half of the metropolitan poor. However, the antipoverty infrastructure built over the past several decades does not fit this rapidly changing geography. As Kneebone and Berube cogently demonstrate, the solution no longer fits the problem. The spread of suburban poverty has many causes, including shifts in affordable housing and jobs, population dynamics, immigration, and a struggling economy. The phenomenon raises several daunting challenges, such as the need for more (and better) transportation options, services, and financial resources. But necessity also produces opportunity—in this case, the opportunity to rethink and modernize services, structures, and procedures so that they work in more scaled, cross-cutting, and resource-efficient ways to address widespread need. This book embraces that opportunity. Kneebone and Berube paint a new picture of poverty in America as well as the best ways to combat it. Confronting Suburban Poverty in America offers a series of workable recommendations for public, private, and nonprofit leaders seeking to modernize po