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

Wilson, William Julius Julius

ISBN 10: 0226901319 / ISBN 13: 9780226901312

Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 1990

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"The Truly Disadvantaged should spur critical thinking in many quarters about the causes and possible remedies for inner city poverty. As policy makers 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"'Must reading' for civil-rights leaders, leaders of advocacy organizations for the poor, and for elected officials in our major urban centers". -Bernard C. Watson, Journal of Negro Education "Required reading for anyone, presidential candidate or private citizen, who really wants to address the growing plight of the black urban underclass". -David J. Garrow, Washington Post Book WorldSelected by the editors of the New York Times Book Review as one of the sixteen best books of 1987.Winner of the 1988 C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.

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Titel: The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the...
Verlag: University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good