How we lost the war on poverty, edited by Marc Pilisuk and Phyllis Pilisuk.

Author: Pilisuk, Marc, comp.

Imprint:New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Books; distributed by Dutton [New York, c1973]

Description338 p. ; 22 cm.

Note:Originally appeared in transaction/Society magazine; supplemented in some cases by additional materials.

Note:Barely war / Marc Pilisuk and Phyllis Pilisuk. - Battlefield reports--the record of attempted change / Marc Pilisuk and Phyllis Pilisuk. - The myth of middle America / Richard Parker. - Self-help among the poor: new styles of social action / Frank Riessman. - Rent strikes: poor man's weapon / Michael Lipsky. - In the valley of the shadows: Kentucky / Bruce Jackson. - The revolution in social work: the new nonprofessional / Frank Riessman. - Advocacy in the ghetto / Richard A. Cloward and Richard M. Elman. - Storefront lawyers in San Francisco / Jerome E. Carlin. - New careers: issues beyond consensus / Alan Haber. - New careers in mental health systems: epilogue to a survey / Alvin E. Green and Edwrd Johnson. - Will the war on poverty change America? / S.M. Miller and Martin Rein. - Social action on the installment plan / Martin Rein and S.M. Miller. - The new muthology of housing / Michael A. Stegman. - The business of urban reform / Peter Wiley and Beverly Leman. - Guarunteed income plans--which one is best? / Christopher Green. - The relief of welfare / Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward. - Poverty Programs and policy priorities / Martin Rein and S.M. Miller. - Poverty, professionalism and politics / Leon Eisenberg. - Toward a new war on inequity / Marc Pilisuk.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographies.

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