When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor / William Julius Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, William J., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban poor--United States.

Urban poor.

United States.

African Americans--Employment.

African Americans.

Inner cities--United States.

Inner cities.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage Books, 1997.

Summary:

The acclaimed author of "The Truly Disadvantaged" now gives readers the most important book on race and poverty that's been written in recent years. In "When Work Disappears", William Julius Wilson looks squarely at the pathologies of our urban ghettos and attributes them to the disappearance of jobs in the wake of a globalized economy. A "New York Time" Notable Book of the Year.

Contents:

The new urban poverty

From institutional to jobless ghettos

Societal changes and vulnerable neighborhoods

Ghetto-related behavior and the structure of opportunity

The fading inner-city family

The meaning and significance of race : employers and inner-city workers

The social policy challenge

The American belief system concerning poverty and welfare

Racial antagonisms and race-based social policy

A broader vision : social policy options in cross-national perspective.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1996.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-307) and index.

ISBN:

0679724176

OCLC:

37523125