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Sonst. Personen | Wilson, William Julius (Hrsg.) |
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Institution | American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, PA. |
Titel | The Ghetto Underclass: Social Science Perspectives. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. |
Quelle | 501 (1989), (245 Seiten)
PDF als Volltext |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
ISBN | 0-8039-3174-3 |
Schlagwörter | Family (Sociological Unit); Fathers; Ghettos; Homeless People; Influences; Lower Class; Marriage; Minority Groups; Mothers; Poverty; Public Policy; Social Problems; Unemployment; Urban Areas; Urban Problems |
Abstract | This volume presents the research findings of numerous scholars on the theme, The Ghetto Underclass: Social Science Perspectives. The following 13 articles are included: (1) "The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City" (L. Wacquant and W. Wilson); (2) "Urban Industrial Transition and the Underclass" (J. Kasarda); (3) "Absent Fathers in the Inner City" (M. Sullivan); (4) "Sex Codes and Family Life among Poor Inner-City Youths" (E. Anderson); (5) "Employment and Marriage among Inner-City Fathers" (M. Testa, and others); (6) "Single Mothers, the Underclass, and Social Policy" (S. McLanahan and I. Garfinkel); (7) "Puerto Ricans and the Underclass Debate" (M. Tienda); (8) "Immigration and the Underclass" (R. Reischauer); (9) "The Urban Homeless: A Portrait of Urban Dislocation" (P. Rossi and J. Wright); (10) "Equal Opportunity and the Estranged Poor" (J. Hochschild); (11) "The Logic of Workfare: The UnderClass and Work Policy" (L. Mead); (12) "Institutional Change and the Challenge of the Underclass" (R. Nathan); and (13) "The Underclass: Issues, Perspectives, and Public Policy" (W. Wilson). The volume also includes reviews of 41 books in the following categories: (1) International Relations and Politics; (2) Africa, Asia, and Latin America; (3) Europe; (4) United States; (5) Sociology; and (6) Economics. (VM) |
Anmerkungen | Sage Publications, Inc., 2111 West Hillcrest Drive, Newbury Park, CA 91320 (ISBN-0-8039-3174-3, $24.00 paperback; ISBN-0-8039-3173-5, $36.00 hardcover). |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2004/1/01 |