Download or read book Improving Poor People written by Michael B. Katz and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Michael Katz traces contemporary poverty in the United States back to the 19th-century attitude that poverty was linked to certain forms of bad behavior. Showing how this misdiagnosis has afflicted today's welfare and educational systems, Katz explores four topicsthe welfare state, the "underclass" debate, urban school reform, and what strategies the urban poor apply to survive.