THE AMERICAN UNDERCLASS.

Autor/in	HABER, ALAN
Titel	THE AMERICAN UNDERCLASS.
Quelle	(1967), (1 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Blacks; Community Organizations; Disadvantaged; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Lower Class; Political Influences; Poverty; Poverty Programs; Social Bias; Social Change; Social Discrimination; Social Influences; Social Isolation; Social Mobility; Social Services; Social Structure + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Black person; Schwarzer; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Armut; Armenfürsorge; Sozialer Wandel; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Sozialer Einfluss; Soziale Isolation; Soziale Mobilität; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Sozialstruktur
Abstract	THIS ANALYSIS OF POVERTY IS PREDICATED ON THE VIEW THAT AMERICA IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SOCIAL CLASSES, THE AFFLUENT AND THE UNDERCLASS. THE "SUSTAINING CONDITIONS" WHICH RESTRICT SOCIAL MOBILITY FOR THE UNDERCLASS ARE (1) PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARD THE POOR, (2) THE EFFECTS OF PREVIOUS DEPRIVATIONS, AND (3) SUCH "INTERGENERATIONAL" BARRIERS AS RACE AND LIFE "STYLE" DISCRIMINATION, EXPLOITATION, DEFICIENT COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, AND A STRUCTURED, INSTITUTIONALIZED DEPENDENCY. THE POLITICS OF POVERTY, IN WHICH GROUPS PURSUE DIVERSE GOALS OUT OF SELF-INTEREST, IS ALSO A FACTOR IN MAINTAINING AN UNDERCLASS. OPPOSITION TO THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY MAY COME FROM (1) LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS WHO ARE EITHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT "OPPRESSORS OF THE POOR," (2) MAJOR ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS, AND (3) NATIONAL POLITICAL GROUPS. THE BARRIERS WITHIN THE UNDERCLASS WHICH IMPEDE ANTIPOVERTY EFFORTS INCLUDE A LACK OF CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS, A DIFFUSION OF DEMANDS, THE ABSENCE OF A POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY, FEAR OF INTIMIDATION, INADEQUATE ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE AND RESOURCES, THE LIMITED COMMITMENT OF ALLIES, AND EFFORTS BY THE POWER STRUCTURE TO "CO-OPT" MILITANT MOVEMENTS. HOWEVER THERE ARE SOME SIGNS THAT THE POOR MIGHT IN FACT BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE A "REAL" ANTIPOVERTY WAR. THIS ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED IN "PHRA," VOLUME 2, NUMBER 3, P.5-19, MAY-JUNE 1967. (NH)
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Update	2004/1/01