Download or read book Poverty and Power written by Edward Cary Royce and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poverty and Power suggests that today's poverty results from deep-rooted disparities in income, wealth, and power. The rate and severity of poverty remain high, because millions of Americans are trapped in low-wage jobs, inadequately served by government policy, excluded from mainstream policy debates, and vitimized by discrimination and social exculsion