The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy

by Wilson, William Julius
ISBN: 9780226901312
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Renowned American sociologist William Julius Wilson takes a look at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering a sharp evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life in the inner city, Wilson offers essential information and a number of solutions to policymakers. The Truly Disadvantaged is a wide-ranging examination, looking at the relationship between race, employment, and education from the 1950s onwards, with surprising and provocative findings. This second edition also includes a new afterword from Wilson himself that brings the book up to date and offers fresh insight into its findings.

"The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and possible remedies for inner city poverty. As policymakers grapple with the problems of an enlarged underclass they-as well as community leaders and all concerned Americans of all races-would be advised to examine Mr. Wilson's incisive analysis."-Robert Greenstein, New York Times Book Review

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Wilson, William Julius
  • ISBN: 9780226901312
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.60
  • Number Of Pages: 261
  • Publication Year: 1990

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  • The conditions of the black urban underclass analyzed through a material-economic framework

    Mike S. - 4 years 10 months ago

    The intolerable living conditions of minorities living in our largest urban areas are often used as a political football in both our nation's policies, and in the out-of-control culture war and media discourse that packages these issues for public consumption. How many times have we heard about gun violence or fatherless children in Chicago without any actual explanation as to why these phenomena arose? Wilson sees through the ideological fog presented by the media; which tends to blame the victims, and instead argues that the lack of economic opportunity in these neighborhoods, i.e. decent paying jobs, is the main driver of the difficulty of human prosperity in these areas. The problem is one that has only been exacerbated by our government's free trade policies and the never-ending corporate pursuit of cheap labor that took the jobs from these areas in the first place.

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