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SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Health and Well-Being (Studies in Social Inequality)
Judith Bartfeld
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Description for SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Health and Well-Being (Studies in Social Inequality)
Paperback. Editor(s): Bartfeld, Judith; Gundersen, Craig; Smeeding, Timothy; Ziliak, James P. Series: Studies in Social Inequality. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFA; JFFB; JFSC; JPQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
In 1963, President Kennedy proposed making permanent a small pilot project called the Food Stamp Program (FSP). By 2013, the program's fiftieth year, more than one in seven Americans received benefits at a cost of nearly $80 billion. Renamed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 2008, it currently faces sharp political pressure, but the social science research necessary to guide policy is still nascent.
In SNAP Matters, Judith Bartfeld, Craig Gundersen, Timothy M. Smeeding, and James P. Ziliak bring together top scholars to begin asking and answering the questions that matter. For example, what are the antipoverty effects of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Social Inequality
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804796835
SKU
V9780804796835
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99-50
About Judith Bartfeld
Judith Bartfeld is professor in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the Director of the RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research at the Institute for Research on Poverty. Craig Gundersen is the Soybean Industry Endowed Professor of Agricultural Strategy in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics ... Read more
Reviews for SNAP Matters: How Food Stamps Affect Health and Well-Being (Studies in Social Inequality)
"SNAP (formerly the Food Stamp Program) is unique among American social programs in being available to anyone in need. However, despite its size and scope, we have known remarkably little about its effectiveness. This timely volume brings attention to recent research showing the program's effectiveness in promoting health, particularly among infants and children. As such, it provides vital input to ... Read more