How Long to Read Poverty and the Underclass

How Long Does it Take to Read Poverty and the Underclass?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 49 minutes to read Poverty and the Underclass by William A Kelso

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Explains the failure—on both sides of the aisle—of the War on Poverty The much-heralded War on Poverty has failed. The number of children living in poverty is steadily on the rise and an increasingly destructive underclass brutalizes urban neighborhoods. America's patience with the poor seems to have run out: even cities that have traditionally been havens for the homeless are arresting, harassing, and expelling their street people. In this timely work, William Kelso analyzes how the persistence of poverty has resulted in a reversal of liberal and conservative positions during the last thirty years. While liberals in the 1960s hoped to eliminate the causes of poverty, today they increasingly seem resigned to merely treating its effects. The original liberal objective of giving the poor a helping hand by promoting equal opportunity has given way to a new agenda of entitlements and equal results. In contrast, conservatives who once suggested that trying to eliminate poverty was futile, now seek ways to eradicate the actual causes of poverty. Poverty and the Underclass suggests that the arguments of both the left and right are misguided and offers new explanations for the persistence of poverty. Looking beyond the codewords that have come to obscure the debate—underclass, family values, the culture of poverty,—Kelso emphasizes that poverty is not a monolithic condition, but a vast and multidimensional problem. During his Presidential campaign, Bill Clinton called for an overhaul of the welfare system and spoke of a new covenant to unite both the left and right in developing a common agenda for fighting poverty. In this urgent, landmark work, William Kelso merges conservative, radical, and liberal ideals to suggest how the intractable problem of poverty may be solved at long last by implementing the principles of this new covenant.

How long is Poverty and the Underclass?

Poverty and the Underclass by William A Kelso is 523 pages long, and a total of 132,319 words.

This makes it 177% the length of the average book. It also has 162% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Poverty and the Underclass Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 3 minutes to read Poverty and the Underclass aloud.

What Reading Level is Poverty and the Underclass?

Poverty and the Underclass is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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