The Urban Underclass
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3348337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Harold W Watts |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 819 |
| Publication date | 1992-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | REVIEW |
| Review of | The Urban underclass, Christopher Jencks, 1991 |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2524605 |
| OpenAlex | W2018704161 |
| Language | EN |
Many believe that the urban underclass in America is a large, rapidly increasing proportion of the population; that crime, teenage pregnancy, and high school dropout rates are escalating; and that welfare rolls are exploding. Yet none of these perceptions is accurate. Here, noted authorities, including William J. Wilson, attempt to separate the truth about poverty, social dislocation, and changes in American family life from the myths that have become part of contemporary folklore
Criminology · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Folklore · Mythology · Perception · Political science · Population · Poverty · Sociology · Underclass · Urban poverty · Welfare · Anthropology · Demography · History · Law · Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |