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The Ghetto Underclass

The Ghetto Underclass

The Ghetto Underclass
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by William J. Wilson (Editor)

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  • Title The Ghetto Underclass
  • Author William J. Wilson (Editor)
  • Binding Papeback
  • Edition Updated
  • Condition New
  • Pages 206
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sage Publications , Newbury Park
  • Publication date pp. 208
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6572544
  • ISBN 9780803952720 / 0803952724
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.54 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 1.37 cm)
  • Category Sociology
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, Urban policy - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 93025061
  • Dewey Decimal Code 362.509
  • Quantity available 4

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Sponsored by the American Academy of Political and Social Science William Julius Wilson is a leader in the study of the urban underclass. His controversial thesis states that the fragmentation of the black community along class lines has resulted in a group of blacks who have left the inner city for middle-class suburban life, leaving behind the ghetto underclass of very disadvantaged poor. This thesis has had an enormous impact on the study of urban life, race, and society. Originally published as a special issue of the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, The Ghetto Underclass addresses questions from theoretical, empirical, and policy perspectives. Wilson and other leading social scientists cover demographic and industrial transitions, family patterns, sexual behavior, immigration, and homelessness of the urban underclass. Wilson′s introduction updates recent work on this topic since publication of the Annals issue. The Ghetto Underclass should be read by all students and professionals of urban studies, ethnic studies, sociology, policy studies, political science, social work, social welfare, and education.

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DURING the decade of the 1970s, significant changes occurred in ghetto neighborhoods of large central cities; however, they were not carefully monitored or researched by social scientists during the 1970s and early 1980s.

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