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The 51st state : America's working poor
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- Summary
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While poverty has traditionally been a problem only for the unemployed, a new demographic of Americans has emerged-the working poor. This program explores the disturbing realities that many people ...
While poverty has traditionally been a problem only for the unemployed, a new demographic of Americans has emerged-the working poor. This program explores the disturbing realities that many people in low-wage jobs face every day-such as having to decide whether to pay the rent, buy groceries, or see a doctor. Viewers will learn how standards of living are often measured, how suburban areas have fostered a particular type of economic hardship, and how welfare-to-work programs have, at times, led to more resistant poverty. The film also draws connections between America's immigration challenges and the swelling numbers of working poor.
Details
- Creator
- Lathika International Film & Entertainment
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2008], c2007
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (57 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421389998
- OCLC
- ocn709674706
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Jan. 19, 2008.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- State of the Poor in America (3:08) -- Poverty: Causal Factors and Types (2:32) -- America's Working Poor (3:28) -- Hard Work Does Not Equal Living Wages (2:46) -- Working Poor Need Food Banks (3:11) -- United States Poverty Line (3:04) -- Inaccurate Measures of Poverty Line (5:34) -- Poverty in the Suburbs (4:53) -- Community Effects of Poverty (4:22) -- Public Services for Working Poor (2:51) -- Public Assistance Bureaucracy (2:33) -- Working Poor with No Public Assistance (2:57) -- Struggle of the Working Poor (1:46) -- Rise of Middle Class Asset Poverty (3:47) -- Middle-Class America's Indebtedness (3:24) -- Financial Assistance for Higher Education (2:40)