Political Science Quarterly: Winter 2019–20: The Symbolic Politics of Poverty in the United States: A Review Essay

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Volume 134 - Number 4 - Winter 2019–20

pp. 711-717

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The Symbolic Politics of Poverty in the United States: A Review Essay

Elizabeth Rigby reviews two recently published books on the politics of poverty in the United States: Lawrence J. McAndrews’s The Presidents and the Poor: America Battles Poverty 1964-2017 and Kristina C. Miler’s Poor Representation: Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States. Rigby argues that the books highlight that while policymakers continue calls for action on the issue of poverty, the actual policy response has been limited and the problem of poverty remains largely unsolved.

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