The Assets Perspective

The Rise of Asset Building and Its Impact on Social Policy
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-38827-8
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 5656 g

The economy's struggles to overcome the lingering effects of the Great Recession presented unique but essential questions.The book considers a full range of data which considers how this recent experience has impacted households, providing a thorough and contemporary treatment of how the assets perspective has prompted changes within social policy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cramer, R.

Shanks, T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Rise of Asset Building and its Impact on Social Policy; Reid Cramer and Trina R. Williams Shanks 2. Transformation of Anti-Poverty Policies and Programs; Trina R. Williams Shanks 3. The Finances of Typical Households after the Great Recession; Clinton Key 4. Financial Fracking in the Land of the Fee, 1980-2008; Devin Fergus 5. The Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Why Wealth is Not Color Blind; Thomas Shapiro, Tatjana Meschede, and Sam Osoro 6. The Promises and Pitfalls of Homeownership; Carolina Reid 7. Setting the Record Straight on Affordable Homeownership; Allison Freeman and Janneke Ratcliffe 8. A Behavioral Economics Perspective on Innovations in Savings Programs; Piyush Tantia, Shannon White, and Josh Wright 9. Solving the Paradox of High College Expectations: The Role of Children's Savings Accounts; William Elliott III 10. Extending Savings Accounts to Young People: Lessons from Two Decades of Asset Building; Terri Friedline 11. Making Tax Time the Financial Management Moment; David Rothstein and Rachel Black 12. Foundations of an Asset-Based Social Policy Agenda; Reid Cramer 13. Asset Building Research and Policy: Pathways, Progress, and Potential of a Social Innovation; Michael Sherraden

Über Autor(innen)

Rachel Black, New America Foundation, USA
William Elliott III, New America Foundation, USA
Devin Fergus, The Ohio State University, USA
Allison Freeman, University of North Carolina, USA
Terri Friedline, University of Kansas, USA
Clinton Key, The Pew Charitable Trust, USA
Tatjana Meschede, Brandeis University, USA
Sam Osoro, Institute on Assets and Social Policy, USA
Janneke Ratcliffe, University of North Carolina, USA
Carolina Reid, University of California at Berkeley, USA
David Rothstein, Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Cleveland, USA
Thomas Shapiro, Brandeis University, USA
Michael Serraden, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA
Piyush Tantia, Ideas42, USA
Shannon White, Ideas42, USA
Josh Wright, Ideas42, USA