{"product_id":"9781036477486","title":"Poverty and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eMost antipoverty programs aim only to give the poor more income or benefits. The best of them, however, also produce positive changes in attitudes. This book shows that youth who go through these programs often emerge more hopeful about their futures. They think they can achieve more in school or at work than they thought before, and they are more committed to avoiding personal problems such as crime or drugs. These shifts empower them to escape poverty and go on to better lives. These cultural effects have never before been studied. This book includes assessments by experts of several different types of program: charter schools, training programs, after school programs, and others. Results also show that antipoverty policies that ignore these psychic effects, such as welfare reform and immigration, are less able to reach the seriously poor. So promoting cultural change matters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lawrence M. Mead","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54523046756670,"sku":"9781036477486","price":0.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/files\/9781036477486.jpg?v=1790604036","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781036477486","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}