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Social Class in the United States
Web Destinations
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- Institute for Research on Poverty
This highly informative site from the University of Wisconsin is a designated research center for the U.S. Department of health and Human Services. The focus is on the measurement, causes, and impact of social inequality in the United States.
- US Census - Poverty
Sponsored by the United States Census Bureau, this extensive, easy-to-use site includes many tables and graphs on the definition of poverty, current levels of poverty, as well as trends over time and demographic variations.
- International Homeless Discussion List & Archives
This site contains varied information and resource links regarding homelessness in the United States and Canada. There is material on laws, health, shelters, programs, facts, and children relative to this subject.
- Joint Center for Poverty Research
The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Homan Services. Research is focused on changes in the labor markets, causes of inequality, poor families, urban poverty, policies and programs.
- Michigan Program on Poverty and Social Welfare Policy
This site is jointly managed by the University’s schools of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law. You will find multidisciplinary research on the effects of poverty on families and communities, welfare reform, and anti-poverty initiatives. You will also find extremely helpful links to many resources not included in other poverty related comprehensive sites.
- National Center for Children in Poverty
The NCCP is affiliated with the Columbia School of Public Health, the Ford Foundation and Carnegie Corporation. Its purpose is to develop strategies for preventing and reducing child poverty in the United States and to improve the life chances of poor children. This is an important source of information concerning the impact of social and economic conditions on child development. The site provides web page on facts and figures, governmental policies, childcare, families, and educational programs.
- National Coalition for the Homeless Directories
The site for this advocacy organization provides valuable resources for locating facts on homelessness, issue papers, and information on legislation and policy.
- National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty
This Center works for enduring solutions to homelessness through the development of programmatic and policy solutions. The site includes fact sheets and a newsletter on legal and policy issues as well as information on the causes of homelessness and civil rights issues.
- Resources for Ending Poverty and Hunger
This annotated directory will link you to a variety of organizations working to alleviate national and world poverty and hunger.
- Twentieth Century Fund Brief on Welfare Reform
This site attempts to debunk myths about welfare and welfare recipients. Although somewhat dated, it addresses the welfare debate as Congress was about to radically alter the nations welfare programs in 1996.
- U.S. DHHS
This is the home page for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In addition to guidelines that define poverty, the site includes an abundance of related information regarding health insurance, employment, and governmental links. There are topical speeches by federal officials, news releases, and a search function.
- AFL-CIO
This is the home site for the American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organization. The site provides a multimedia history of the labor movement, discussion of unions and business involvement in politics, organizing, economic and workforce justice.
- Vagrant Gaze
This site features numerous photographs and interviews with homeless people in New York City.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics
This federal agency offers an enormous amount of data concerning the American economy. Information in the form of reports, tables and charts will provide details on the present as well as the past. The consumer price index and unemployment rates are but a few categories of available material
- Theory of the Leisure Class
This site is dedicated to Thorstein Veblen’s classic work and theory of the leisure class including the concept of conspicuous consumption. This is essential knowledge for students of sociology
- Britannia
This British site has interesting biographies of English monarchs. In addition to excellent images and information, it serves to illustrate closed status societies and ascribed status.
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