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Immanence and Identity: Understanding Poverty through Law and Society Research

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Handler Joel & Hasenfeld Yeheskel, We the Poor People: Work, Poverty, and Welfare. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997. Pp xii+282. $35.00 cloth; $16.00 paper.
Bussiere Elizabeth, (Dis)Entitling the Poor: The Warren Court, Welfare Rights, and the American Political Tradition. University Park: Penn State University Press, 1997. Pp.xi+210. $26.50.
Gans Herbert J., The War against the Poor: The Underclass and Anti-Poverty Policy. New York: Basic Books, 1995. Pp. xii + 195. $22.00.

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Frank Munger
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Law & Society Review , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , 1998 , pp. 931 - 968
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Copyright © 1998 by The Law and Society Association

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I would like to thank Jim Atleson, Judy Munger, and Nancy Staudt for extremely helpful comments on earlier drafts of this review essay. I am grateful to Kathy Rose for assistance in preparing the references and to Joyce Farrell for providing assistance in preparing the manuscript.

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