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Author Wilson, William J., 1935-

Title The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy / William Julius Wilson.

Publication Info. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
1987.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.5 W754T    Check Shelf
Edition Second edition.
Description xi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography 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.
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.
ISBN 9780226901268 paperback alkaline paper
0226901262 paperback alkaline paper
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