Part I. From the Production of Inequality to the Production of Destitution : The U.S. Political Economy of Poverty in the Era of Globalization
Introduction / Maria Vidal de Haymes, Stephen Nathan Haymes, and Michael Lloyd
1. Beyond Coincidence : How Neo-liberal Policy Initiatives in the IMF and World Bank Affected United States Poverty Levels / Pamela Blackmon
2. The Discursive Axis of Neoliberalism : Debt, Deficits, and Austerity / Shawn Cassiman
3. Deindustrialized Small Cities and Poverty : The View From Camden / Andrew Seligsohn and Joan Maya Mazelis
4. Transnational Factors Driving U.S. Inequality and Poverty / Rubin Patterson and Giselle Thompson
5. Globalization and the Trends in Inequality of Poverty in the United States in the Last Decade / Ashish Singh
6. The House Always Wins : How State Lotteries Displace American Tax Burdens by Class and Race / Kasey Henricks and Victoria Brockett
7. Predatory Financial Services : The High Cost of Being Poor in America / Howard Karger
8. Consumer Credits as a Quasi Welfare System for Failed Neoliberals' Trickle-down Policies Between the 1980s and 2000s / Intae Yoon
Part II. Discourses of Poverty : From the "Culture of Poverty" to "Surplus Population"
Introduction / Stephen Nathan Haymes and Eduardo Vargas
9. The Problematic Conceptualizations and Constructions of Poverty : Select Global Analysis / Ali A. Abdi
10. Neoliberal Economics and Undergraduate Poverty Education / Kevin D. Blair and Gabriel A. Santos
11. The Importance of Context to the Social Processes Around Material Hardship / Colleen M. Heflin
12. Welfare Dependency and Poverty : Neoliberal Rhetoric or Evidence-Informed Choice? / Phillip Young P. Hong and Brenda Crawley
13. Babies as Barriers : Welfare Policy Discourse in an Era of Neoliberalism / Linda Houser, Sanford F. Schram, Joe Soss and Richard C. Fording
14. We are the 99 Percent : The Rise of Poverty and Decline of Poverty Stigma / Joan Maya Mazelis and Brendan M. Gaughan
Part III. From the Welfare State To The Neoliberal State : From Regulating to Imprisoning the Poor
Section I. Transformation of the Welfare State : Education
Introduction / Stephen Nathan Haymes and Emily Shayman
15. Neoliberalism and African Americans in Higher Education / Kimya Barden
16. How Neoliberalism Subverts Equality and Perpetuates Poverty in our Nation's Schools / T. Jameson Brewer and Paul S. Myers
17. Invisible Students and the Issues of Online Education / An Chih Cheng
18. Poverty Reduction Through Education : An Analytical Framework for Cash Transfers for Education / Elena Delavega and Monit Cheung
19. Students that Lag or a System that Fails? A Contemporary Look at the Academic Trajectory of Latino Students / Jessica Martone
20. The New Two-tiered Education System in the United States : Expanding and Commodifying Poverty and Inequality / Kenneth J. Saltman
Section II. Transformation of the Welfare State : Cash Transfer, Housing, Nutrition, and Health
Introduction / Maria Vidal de Haymes, Erin Malcolm and Celeste Sánchez
21. Neoliberal Globalization : Social Welfare Policy and Institutions / Michael J. Holosko and John R. Barner
22. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) / Richard K. Caputo
23. Anti-Poverty Policies and the Structure of Inequality / Eiko Strader and Joya Misra
24. Mixed-income Communities and Poverty Amelioration / James C. Fraser and Deirdre Oakley
25. Countering Urban Poverty Concentration in the United States : The People versus Place Debate in Housing Policy/ Anupama Jacob
26. Privatizing the Housing Safety Net : Hope VI and the Transformation of Public Housing in the United States / Kimberley Skobba, Deirdre Oakley and Dwanda Farmer
27. Poverty De-concentration Priorities in Low-income Housing Tax Credit Allocation Policy : A Content Analysis of Qualified Allocation Plans / Monique S. Johnson
28. Neo-liberalism and Private Emergency Food Networks / Deborah A. Harris and Jamilatu Zakari
29. Examining Food Insecurity Among Children in Households Participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progran (SNAP) : Implications for Human Rights / Margaret Lombe, Von E. Nebbit, Mansoo Yu, Andrew Reynolds and Aakanksha Sinha
30. The Influence of a Neoliberal World View on Health Care Policy / John Orwat, Michael P. Dentato and Michael Lloyd
Section III. Transformation of the Welfare State : Criminalizing the Poor Introduction
Introduction / Reuben Jonathan Miller and Emily Shayman
31. Managing the Neoliberal City : "Quality of Life" Policing in the 21st Century / Katherine Beckett and Steve Herbert
32. The Rise of Incarceration Among the Poor with Mental Illnesses : How Neoliberal Policies Contribute / Jessica K. Camp and Eileen Trzcinski
33. Class, Crime and Social Control in the Contemporary United States / Spencer Headworth
34. A People's History of Legal Aid : A Brief Sketch / Shaun Ossei-Owusu
35. Surviving Gender-based Violence in the Neoliberal Era : The Role of the State in Transforming Poor Women from Victims to Survivors / Cesraéa Rumpf
36. Systematic and Symbolic Violence as Virtue : The Carceral Punishment of African American Girls / Enora R. Brown
37. The Paradox of Entrepreneurship as a Policy Tool for Economic Inclusion in Neoliberal Policy Environments / Colleen Casey
Part IV. Global Poverty and the Lived Experiences of Poor Communities in the United States
Introduction / Reuben Jonathan Miller and Alexis Silvers
38. Social Ties Among the Poor in a Neoliberal Capitalist Society / Joan Maya Mazelis
39. Paths into Homelessness : An Examination of Structural Factors / Christine George, Susan Grossman, Judith Wittner and Michael Sosin
40. Examining Racial-Ethnic and Gender Disparities in Poverty Among the Elderly / Jin Kim
41. Ableism, Poverty and the Under-Celebrated Resistance / Sara Lichtenwalter and Christopher Magno
42. Breaking the Silence : Homelessness and Race / David Wagner and Pete White
43. The Effects of Neoliberal Capitalism on Immigration and Poverty Among Mexican Immigrants in the United States / David Becerra
44. The Neoliberal Diet : Fattening Profits and People / Gerardo Otero, Gabriela Pechlaner and Efe Can Gürcan
45. Grounding Grandma : A Qualitative Discussion of Home Maintenance Policies for Aging in Community / Lawren E. Bercaw
46. Poverty, Health and Asian Non-linearity / Shweta Singh, Shveta Kumaria and Kathryn Berg
Part V. Organizing to Resist Neoliberal Policies and Poverty : Activism and Advocacy
Introduction / Reuben Jonathan Miller and Jennifer Miller
47. The Poverty of "Poverty" : Re-Mapping Conceptual Terrain in Education and Counseling Beyond a Focus on Economic Output / Joby Gardner, Darrick Tovar-Murray and Stanley Wilkerson
48. Legitimizing and Resisting Neoliberalism in United States Community Development : The Influential Role of Community Development Intermediaries / Leigh Graham
49. Too Legit to Quit : Gaining Legitimacy Through Human Rights Organizing / Jennifer R. Jewell
50. Neoliberalism, State Projects, and Migrant Organizing / Jacob Lesniewski and Rebecca Vonderlack-Navarro
51. From the Self to the Social : Engaging Urban Youth in Strategies for Change / Amira Proweller and Karen Monkman
52. Migrant Civil Society : Shaping Community and Citizenship in a Time of Neoliberal Reforms / Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Nina Martin
Part VI. Reframing Poverty in the Era of Globalization : Alternatives to a Neoliberal Economic Order
Introduction / Stephen Nathan Haymes and Maria Vidal de Haymes
53. Creating a Sustainable Society : Human Rights in the United States Welfare State / Phyllis Jeroslow
54. Returning to the Collective : New Approaches to Alleviating Poverty / Susan Roll and Sue Steiner
55. Why We Cannot All be Middle Class in America / Lakshman Yapa.