the inner city, the underclass, and public policy /
William Julius Wilson.
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1987.
xi, 254 p. :
ill. ;
24 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 225-247.
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 -- Joblessness versus welfare effects: a further reexamination -- Race-specific policies and the truly disadvantaged -- Limited visions of race relations and the war on poverty -- Hidden agenda.