Changing poverty and changing antipoverty policies end of World

The articles in this issue examine changing poverty and changing antipoverty policies in the United States since the early 1970s. The authors consider both how economic and demographic changes have changed which individuals and families are poor, and how antipoverty programs and policies have, and have not, changed in response. Poverty rates have declined for some demographic groups and increased for others. The authors address the range of economic, social, and public policy factors that contribute to changing levels of poverty and examine how changes in existing programs and policies and the implementation of new programs and policies might reduce poverty in the future. Some of these poliMaria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger