The Ghetto underclass [[electronic resource] ] : social science perspectives / / edited by William Julius Wilson
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| Titolo: |
The Ghetto underclass [[electronic resource] ] : social science perspectives / / edited by William Julius Wilson
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| Pubblicazione: | Newbury Park, Ca., : SAGE, c1993 |
| Edizione: | Updated ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.50973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Urban poor - United States |
| Inner cities - United States | |
| Urban policy - United States | |
| African Americans - Economic conditions | |
| African Americans - Social conditions | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Race relations |
| Altri autori: |
WilsonWilliam J. <1935->
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| Note generali: | "An ANNALS publication, sponsored by the American Academy of Political and Social Science." |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Chapter 1 - The Underclass: Issues, Perspectives, and Public Policy; Chapter 2 - The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City; Chapter 3 - Urban Industrial Transition and the Underclass; Chapter 4 - Absent Fathers in the Inner City; Chapter 5 - Sex Codes and Family Life among Poor Inner-City Youths; Chapter 6 - Employment and Marriage among Inner-City Fathers; Chapter 7 - Single Mothers, the Underclass, and Social Policy; Chapter 8 - Puerto Ricans and the Underclass Debate; Chapter 9 - Immigration and the Underclass |
| Chapter 10 - The Urban Homeless : A Portrait of Urban DislocationChapter 11 - Equal Opportunity and the Estranged Poor; Chapter 12 - The Logic of Workfare: The Underclass and Work Policy; Chapter 13 - Institutional Change and the Challenge of the Underclass; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume examines the urban underclass from theoretical, empirical and policy perspectives. Focusing strongly on policy, contributors explore such topics as demographic and industrial transitions, family patterns, sexual behaviour, immigration and homelessness. A new introduction updates recent work in the field since publication of the first edition. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Ghetto underclass |
| ISBN: | 1-4833-2669-1 |
| 1-4522-5454-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815669003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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