How to Use This Book Poverty and Welfare in America: Examining the Facts is the next volume in ABC-CLIO’s new Contemporary Debates reference series. Each title in this series, which is intended for use by high school and undergraduate stu- dents as well as members of the general public, examines the veracity of controversial claims or beliefs surrounding a major political/cultural issue in the United States. The purpose of the series is to give readers a clear and unbiased understanding of current issues by informing them about falsehoods, half-truths, and misconceptions—and confirming the factual validity of other assertions—that have gained traction in America’s polit- ical and cultural discourse. Ultimately, this series has been crafted to give readers the tools for a fuller understanding of controversial issues, policies, and laws that occupy center stage in American life and politics. Each volume in this series identifies 30–40 questions swirling about the larger topic under discussion. These questions are examined in individual- ized entries, which are in turn arranged in broad subject chapters that cover certain aspects of the issue being examined, that is, history of con- cern about the issue, potential economic or social impact, findings of lat- est scholarly research, and so on. Each chapter features approximately 4–10 individual entries. Each entry begins by stating an important and/or well-known Question about the issue being studied—for example, “Have poverty levels risen in recent decades in the United States?”, “Have scientists established a link between severe weather events and climate change?”
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