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Urban Poverty and the Underclass
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Urban Poverty and the Underclass Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition

by Enzo Mingione

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Over the last two decades "poverty" has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe's foremost sociologists, aims to assess the debates surrounding poverty and the responses to it, exploring the ways in which the various socio-political systems and welfarist regimes are being radically transformed. The essays examine how such change is effected by failing welfare programmes and enervating social structures such as family and community which once would have provided mechanisms of social stability.

The first part of the book provides reflections on urban poverty; the second part discusses the widely debated idea of an "underclass" and its meanings in Europe and in the USA, and the final part draws on concrete empirical analyses to examine the patterns of poverty thoughout Western Europe.

This volume will be of first-rate importance to all serious students of politics, sociology, geography, public policy, youth and community studies, social policy and American studies.

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  • Title Urban Poverty and the Underclass
  • Author Enzo Mingione
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 448
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publication date October 1996
  • ISBN 9780631200376 / 0631200371
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 5.95 x 1.02 in (22.81 x 15.11 x 2.59 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects Homelessness, Urban poor
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 96000365
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.509

About the author

Enzo Mingione is Professor of Sociology at the University of Padova. His main fields of interest and research are poverty, unemployment and informal work. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and of Inchiesta. He has been a member of the EEC expert team on "The Underground Economy and Irregular Forms of Employment" and has written, with Mauro Magatti, a report on "The Informal Sector" for the European Commission.

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Urban Poverty and the Underclass: A Reader (Studies in Urban and Social Change)
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Wiley–Blackwell, 1996. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780631200376
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