Tag: Social Structures

  • Poverty in America: A Sociologist’s Perspective

    Poverty in America: A Sociologist’s Perspective

    In his new book, Poverty, by America, sociologist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Matthew Desmond seeks to answer the question, “Why is there so much poverty in America?” He approaches this question as both a social scientist seeking a “fundamental theory” of the problem and a “poverty abolitionist” on a moral crusade to eliminate poverty and…