The Underclass, 'Social Isolation' and 'Concentration Effects
The culture of poverty' revisited
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2361565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew H Maxwell (Montclair State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-245 |
| Publication date | 1993-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x9301300303 |
| OpenAlex | W2024406813 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 20 |
Increasing impoverishment in inner-city localities has prompted the development of new concepts such as William Julius Wilson's 'social isolation' and 'concentration effects'. It is said that these concepts refer to the community-level effects of economic restructuring in the United States. For this reason it is argued that such concepts differ from Oscar Lewis's 'culture of poverty' notion; they do not imply a self-perpetuating, autonomous cultural entity. Nevertheless, Wilson's work is being fiercely debated. In attempting to clarify this aspect of the discussion I will examine the conceptual foundations of Wilson's view of 'the underclass
Basic needs · Culture of poverty · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Isolation · Isolation (microbiology · Political science · Poverty · Restructuring · Social isolation · Social science · Sociology · Underclass · Anthropology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
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| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2012 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |