Poor People, Housing Policies, United States Studies - General & Miscellaneous, General & Miscellaneous Social Services, Homelessness, Social Marginality
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Overview
As this century draws to a close and the new one approaches, the United States is still struggling with serious and persistent social problems. These troubling dilemmas, including poverty, homelessness, discrimination, and severe inequity, afflict some subgroups of the population more than others, and it is the plight of these at-risk groups - children, growing numbers of homeless families and individuals, people of color, poor mothers - that this timely volume explores. Contributors to this forward-looking book include some of the most respected and distinguished social scientists in the United States.Editorials
Booknews
Contributors offer insights into the problems affecting disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, such as children, single mothers, homeless families, people of color, people with a genetic predisposition to criminal behavior, and the underclass as a whole. Several papers make the point that the underclass is ethnically and racially diverse, and one argues that welfare programs designed to mitigate poverty actually exacerbate the problem. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
October 31, 1995
Publisher
Westview Press Inc
Pages
186
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780813389462