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The underclass
- Title
- The underclass / Ken Auletta.
- Author
- Auletta, Ken.
- Publication
- New York : Vintage Books, 1983, ©1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HV4045 .A9 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xviii, 348 pages; 21 cm
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [320]-336.
- Contents
- The BT-27 class -- Profile of the underclass: its size, causes and effects -- The class versus the experts -- Howard Smith: life-skills teacher -- Single mothers: "The feminization of poverty" -- BT-27 on broken families, unemployment, racism, crime ... -- Crime: the law-enforcement view -- The "welfare mentality" -- BT-27: goals and obstacles -- BT-27 after ten weeks -- Who is to blame, the system or the individual? -- Appalachia: the white underclass -- The rural black underclass -- Differences: the white, black and Hispanic underclass -- BT-27 graduates -- What became of the members of BT-27 -- MDRC and supported work: results of a national experiment -- A guaranteed job for youths: the national results -- Other MDRC experiments and lingering questions -- Has there been progress in the "war on poverty"? -- Possible solutions: the wholesale option -- The laissez-faire option -- The retail option.
- ISBN
- 0394713885
- 9780394713885
- LCCN
- 82040433
- OCLC
- ocm09083887
- 9083887
- SCSB-618096
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library