Contents
Severe Deprivation in America: An Introduction - Matthew Desmond
Part I. Severe Deprivation Among the Young and Old
Trends in Deep Poverty from 1968 to 2011: The Influence of Family Structure, Employment Patterns, and the Safety Net - Liana Fox, Christopher Wimer, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, JaeHyun Nam, and Jane Waldfogel
Compounded Deprivation in the Transition to Adulthood: The Intersection of Racial and Economic Inequality Among Chicagoans, 1995–2013 - Kristin L. Perkins and Robert J. Sampson
Income, Poverty, and Material Hardship Among Older Americans - Helen Levy
How Well Does the “Safety Net” Work for Family Safety Nets? Economic Survival Strategies Among Grandmother Caregivers in Severe Deprivation - LaShawnDa Pittman
Part II. Extreme Poverty and Social Suffering
How Institutions Deprive: Ethnography, Social Work, and Interventionist Ethics Among the Hypermarginalized - Megan Comfort, Andrea M. Lopez, Christina Powers, Alex H. Kral, and Jennifer Lorvick
Understanding the Dynamics of $2-a-Day Poverty in the United States - H. Luke Shaefer, Kathryn Edin, and Elizabeth Talbert
When There Is No Welfare: The Income Packaging Strategies of Mothers Without Earnings or Cash Assistance Following an Economic Downturn - Kristin S. Seefeldt and Heather Sandstrom