Chasing the American Dream: Understanding What Shapes Our Fortunes - Softcover

Rank, Mark Robert; Hirschl, Thomas A.; Foster, Kirk A.

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ISBN 10: 0190467029 ISBN 13: 9780190467029

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2016

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An exploration into the true cost of making it in America, and who really achieves the Dream

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Mark Robert Rank is the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis. He is widely recognized as one of the foremost experts and speakers in the country on issues of inequality, poverty, and social justice. He is the recipient of numerous awards, and his research has been reported in a wide range of academic and media outlets.

Thomas A. Hirschl is Professor of Development Sociology at Cornell University. He is the Director of the Population and Development Program, coordinator of the Program Work Team on Poverty and Economic Hardship, and Director of the Teen Assessment Program. His scholarly focus is on social class differentiation in contemporary society.

Kirk A. Foster is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of South Carolina. With a background in social work and theology, he researches how people with little or no income can use the resources available to them to make systematic change.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0190467029
• ISBN 13: 9780190467029
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 234
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