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The truly disadvantaged: the inner city, the underclass, and public policy
| Author: |
Wilson, W.J. |
| Date: |
1987 |
| Periodical: |
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 254 p. |
| Abstract: |
“The Truly Disadvantaged” challenges liberal orthodoxy in analyzing inner-city problems; discusses in candid terms the social pathologies of the inner-city; establishes a case for moving beyond race-specific policies to ameliorate inner-city social conditions to policies that address the broader problems of societal organization, including economic organization; and advances a social democratic public-policy agenda designed to improve the life chances of truly disadvantaged groups such as the ghetto underclass by emphasizing programs to which the more advantaged groups of all races can positively relate. |
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