Locked in the Poorhouse
Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States
Fred R. Harris (Anthology Editor) , Lynn A. Curtis (Anthology Editor) , Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Contributor) , Elliott Currie (Contributor) , Greg J. Duncan (Contributor) , Paul A. Jargowsky (Contributor) ,
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Locked in the Poorhouse
Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States
Fred R. Harris (Anthology Editor) , Lynn A. Curtis (Anthology Editor) , Jeanne Brooks-Gunn (Contributor) , Elliott Currie (Contributor) , Greg J. Duncan (Contributor) , Paul A. Jargowsky (Contributor) ,
- Textbook
Description
Thirty years ago we had riots in the city streets. Then-President Johnson convened the Kerner Commission to examine the reasons why, and it concluded that the U.S. was "moving towards two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal." Today, the city streets are populated more variously and suffering more quietly, but more people in U.S. cities are poorer now than ever before. As this book shows, U.S. cities are becoming poorhouses for blacks and Hispanics, and city life incubates hopelessness borne of un- and underemployment, criminal victimization, and racial discrimination, especially against nonwhite males.
In an update of the original Kerner Commission report, the high profile authors represented here say they know what works and what doesn't in solving the problems of minorities in the city. To close what has been called "the millennium breach" between and among the races, we as a society must re-commit ourselves to basic principles and public and private programs geared toward more and better jobs, employment training, early childhood education and quality care, inner city economic development, and crime and drug prevention, among other priorities so essential to improving the quality of life for all in American cities.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 The Kerner Report Thirty Years Later
Chapter 3 Urban Poverty, Welfare Reform, and Child Development
Chapter 4 Poverty as a Public Health Issue: Since the Kerner Report of 1968
Chapter 5 The New Urban Poverty: Consequences of the Economic and Social Decline of Inner-City Neighborhoods
Chapter 6 Urban Poverty, Race, and the Inner City: The Bitter Fruit of Thirty Years of Neglect
Chapter 7 Race, Violence, and Justice since Kerner
Chapter 8 Racism and the Poor: Integration and Affirmative Action as Mobility Strategies
Chapter 9 Policy for the New Millennium
Chapter 10 Conclusion
Chapter 11 Notes and Sources
Chapter 12 Index
Product details
| Published | 05 Jul 2000 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 200 |
| ISBN | 9781461710981 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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