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Urban Poverty and the Underclass: A Reader

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Over the last two decades 'poverty' has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe's foremost sociologists, aims to assess the debates surrounding poverty and the responses to it, exploring the ways in which the various socio-political systems and welfarist regimes are being radically transformed. The essays examine how such change is effected by failing welfare programmes and enervating social structures such as family and community which once would have provided mechanisms of social stability. The first part of the book provides reflections on urban poverty; the second part discusses the widely debated idea of an 'underclass' and its meanings in Europe and in the USA, and the final part draws on concrete empirical analyses to examine the patterns of poverty throughout the Western Europe."--Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0631200363

Author

Enzo Mingione

Publication

1996 Blackwell Publishers

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