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Review of the Literature:
For my topic of research, the dynamics of poverty and voting in America, I used a vast number of
sources in an attempt to produce the most accurate and broad discussion possible.
The sources I believe to be the most reliable were: 1) the scholarly works (Friedman; Raskin),
which were purely scientific and did not include political biases, but rather examined the facts from as
neutral a point of view as possible; 2) the government reports (DeNavas-Walt; Dept. of Commerce;
Dept. of Labor, McNeil), which also appeared to be politically neutral and created in a scientific
fashion. These two types of sources mainly provided statistics on voting and poverty numbers through
charts and graphs.
The next set of sources came from less reliable media (“Election”; Loughlin; Wetherell), but still
were purely observational and not opinionated. They came from online news sites, so they cannot be
considered as academic as the first set, but the type of articles they are leaves little for the author’s own
opinion. They also weren’t intentionally targeting a specific political party or ideology.
The following set of sources hint of bias in the way they present their information, but the
information itself seems scientific (Cervantes; Drum; Piven). These sources integrate some liberal
opinions of the information into the material; however, they give seemingly accurate facts.
“America,” James, and Wicker make up the next group of sources, which aren’t necessarily biased,
but are more opinionated than factual. Facts are provided, but the authors’ ideas play a large part in
these works. They are fairly neutral politically, however, and look at government more as a whole;
both political parties are criticize...
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Raskin, Jamin B. “Race, Poverty and the ‘Wealth Primary.’” Poverty & Race. 6.2 (1997): 1-5.
Shipler, David K. The Working Poor: Invisible in America. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
Sood, Suemedha. “You don’t need a home to vote.” Alternet.com. 26 August 2004. Independent Media
Institute. 1 March 2006 .
Wetherell, Derrick. “The Bush 100: Center Releases Report on Bush’s Top Appointees.”
Publicintegrity.org. 14 January 2002. The Center for Public Integrity. 12 February 2006
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Wicker, Tom. “Delivering the Vote.” New York Times. 15 August 1971, E15 (1 page).
Ehrenreich, B. (2011). Nicke and dimed: On (not) getting by in america. New York, NY: Picador.
Federman, M. et al. What Does it Mean to be Poor in America? 1996 (2009). Pp. 296-310
...le to be Bias as there is no variety from where and who the opinions come from, they are one sided views which no one has attempted to prove or disprove in this particular article.
Among the many ways Americans can participate in politics, voting is considered one of the most common and important ways for Americans to get involved. The outcome of any election, especially at the national level, determines who will be making and enforcing the laws that all Americans must abide by. With this in mind one might assume that all Americans are active voters, but studies show the voter turnout is actually astonishingly low. With this unsettling trend it is important to know what statistics say about voter turnout as was as the four major factors that influence participation: Socioeconomic status, education, political environment, and state electoral laws, in order to help boost turnout in future elections.
Edelman, Peter. "Poverty in America: Why Can't We End It?" The New York Times. The New York Times, 27 July 2012. Web. 15 May 2014.
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"The Poverty Of Equality." American Spectator 45.3 (2012): 26-30. Academic Search Complete. Web. 16 Dec. 2013.
Ginsberg, Benjamin. "Political Participation and Voting." We the People. An Introduction to American Politics. Ninth ed. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2013. 293-332. Print.
Larry Johnston (2008) Politics: An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State, Third Edition, Chapters 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9.
Shipler, David K. The Working Poor: Invisible in America (Vintage). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. Kindle Edition, 2008.
Wilson, William J. "Jobless Poverty." The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. Ed. David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelenyi. 2md ed. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2011. 159-69. Print.
...reak down of selection, slanting by the use of emphasis, slanting by the selection of facts, and charged words can be used as guide to spot bias. By using Birk and Birk as a guide it easy to identify and categorize the bias within Jamieson’s essay. Birk and Birk write “If we carefully examine the ways of thoughts and language, we see that any knowledge that comes to us through words has been subjected to the double screening of the principle of selection and the slanting of language…”(227). It is this very principle that reminds us to carefully observe the information that we receive and make an effort to ensure we balance the information that we divulge.
Are assertions in the source based on reliable evidence? Are sources cited? How are you able to tell? They do list where they get their info from within the paragraphs or quotes.
The problems of race and urban poverty remain pressing challenges which the United States has yet to address. Changes in the global economy, technology, and race relations during the last 30 years have necessitated new and innovative analyses and policy responses. A common thread which weaves throughout many of the studies reviewed here is the dynamics of migration. In When Work Disappears, immigrants provide comparative data with which to highlight the problems of ghetto poverty affecting blacks. In No Shame in My Game, Puerto Rican and Dominican immigrants are part of the changing demographics in Harlem. In Canarsie, the possible migration of blacks into a working/middle-class neighborhood prompts conservative backlash from a traditionally liberal community. In Streetwise, the migration of yuppies as a result of gentrification, and the movement of nearby-ghetto blacks into these urban renewal sites also invoke fear of crime and neighborhood devaluation among the gentrifying community. Not only is migration a common thread, but the persistence of poverty, despite the current economic boom, is the cornerstone of all these works. Poverty, complicated by the dynamics of race in America, call for universalistic policy strategies, some of which are articulated in Poor Support and The War Against the Poor.
This source is reliable because it is a published piece of work, which was displayed in a highly regarded and respected newspaper. It is a newspaper that is well known around the world. This source has no bias opinions and is only factual