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When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor

Title
When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor / William Julius Wilson.
Author
Wilson, William J., 1935-
Publication
New York : Vintage Books, 1997.

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Description
xxiii, 322 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
  • In his long-awaited new book, our foremost authority on race and poverty challenges decades of liberal and conservative pieties to look squarely at the devastating effects that joblessness has had on our urban ghettos.
  • Marshaling a vast array of data and the personal stories of hundreds of men and women, William Julius Wilson persuasively argues that the problems endemic to America's inner cities - from fatherless households to drugs and violent crime - stem directly from the disappearance of blue-collar jobs in the wake of a globalized economy.
  • Wilson's achievement is to portray this crisis as one that affects all Americans, and to propose solutions whose benefits would be felt across our society. At a time when welfare is ending and our country's racial dialectic is more strained than ever before, When Work Disappears is a sane, courageous, and desperately important work.
Subjects
Note
  • Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1996.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-307) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. The New Urban Poverty. Ch. 1. From Institutional to Jobless Ghettos. Ch. 2. Societal Changes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods. Ch. 3. Ghetto-Related Behavior and the Structure of Opportunity. Ch. 4. The Fading Inner-City Family. Ch. 5. The Meaning and Significance of Race: Employers and Inner-City Workers -- Pt. II. The Social Policy Challenge. Ch. 6. The American Belief System Concerning Poverty and Welfare. Ch. 7. Racial Antagonisms and Race-Based Social Policy. Ch. 8. A Broader Vision: Social Policy Options in Cross-National Perspective. App. A. Perspectives on Poverty Concentration -- App. B. Methodological Note on the Research at the Center for the Study of Urban Inequality -- App. C. Tables on Urban Poverty and Family Life Study Research.
ISBN
0679724176 (pbk.) :
OCLC
  • ocm37523125
  • SCSB-3602460
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries