![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![Lauer: Social Problems and the Quality of Life](/sites/dl/free/0072355220/title/Lauer_sm.jpg) Social Problems and the Quality of Life, 8/e Robert H. Lauer,
U.S. International University Jeanette C. Lauer,
U.S. International University
Poverty
Chapter Outline
![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | What Is Poverty?- Extent of Poverty
- Who Are the Poor?
- The Changing Nature of Poverty
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![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Poverty and the Quality of Life- The Right to Life and Happiness
GLOBAL COMPARISONS: Poverty in the World System- Discontent and Despair
- Freedom from Fear
VOICES: We Feel Like Deadbeats
- The Right to Dignity as a Human Being
- "The Poor Are Lazy"
- "People on Welfare Have It Good."
- "Welfare Is Draining Us"
- "Welfare Turns People into Lazy, Dependent Deadbeats."
- Poverty and Health
- Dilemmas of Poverty
INVOLVEMENT: From Riches to Rags
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![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | ![](/olcweb/styles/shared/spacer.gif) | Contributing Factors- Social Structural Factors
- The Politics of Poverty
- Poverty and the Economy
- Patterns of Family Life
- The Education of the Poor
- Social Psychological Factors
- Disparagement and Discrimination
- The Ideology of Wealth and Poverty
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