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Author:
Wilson, William J., 1935-
Title:
The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy / William Julius Wilson.
Edition:
Second edition.
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press,
Copyright Date:
2012, ©1987
Description:
xi, 317 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Urban poor--United States.
Inner cities--United States.
Urban policy--United States.
African Americans--Economic conditions.
African Americans--Social conditions.
United States--Race relations.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The ghetto underclass, poverty, and social dislocations -- Cycles of deprivation and the ghetto underclass debate -- Social change and social dislocations in the inner city -- Poverty and family structure: the widening gap between evidence and public policy -- Issues / with Kathryn Neckerman -- Joblessness versus welfare effects: a further reexamination / with Robert Aponte and Kathryn Neckerman -- The ghetto underclass and public policy -- Race-specific policies and the truly disadvantaged -- The limited visions of race relations and the war on poverty -- The hidden agenda.
ISBN:
0226901262 (paperback : alkaline paper)
9780226901268 (paperback : alkaline paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)756577756
LCCN:
2011043241
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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