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1. The "Underclass" Debate: Views from History
by Michael B Katz (Editor)
Do ominous reports of an emerging "underclass" reveal an unprecedented crisis in American society? Or are social commentators simply rediscovering ... More
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3. Welfare & the Poor
by Lester A. Sobel (Editor), Joseph Fickes, Facts on File
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5. The Urban Underclass
by Christopher Jencks
In this book, noted authorities, including William J. Wilson, attempt to separate the truth about poverty, social dislocation, and changes in ... More
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7. The Reluctant Welfare State: A History of American Social Welfare Policies
by Professor Bruce S Jansson
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8. The Reluctant Welfare State
by Bruce S. Jansson
Written in clear, lively prose by one of the foremost scholars of social welfare, this book analyzes the evolution of the American welfare state from ... More
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9. The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy
by William Julius Wilson
Wilson candidly discusses the social pathologies of the ghetto and provides a comprehensive explanation of the rise of this "ghetto underclass; " he ... More
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10. From the Puritans to the Projects: Public Housing and Public Neighbors
From the almshouses of seventeenth-century Puritans to the massive housing projects of the mid-twentieth century, the struggle over housing ... More
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11. Rural Dimensions of Welfare Reform
by Bruce A Weber
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15. The Underclass V388
by Ken A J Auletta
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16. Welfare Politics in Boston, 1910-1949
by Susan Traverso
Different conceptions of the purpose of charity and the role of the state have long been at the center of the debate over American welfare policy. ... More
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19. Poor Jews: An American Awakening
by Naomi B Levine, Naomi Levine (Editor), Martin Hochbaum (Editor)
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21. Poverty and Public Policy: An Analysis of Federal Intervention Efforts
by Michael Morris, Professor John B Williamson
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23. America's Children: Triumph or Tragedy
by Charles N Oberg, Marilyn L Bach, Ph.D., Nicholas A Bryant
America's children are in a state of crisis. Their representation among the poor & disadvantaged has grown at an unprecedented rate. This book ... More
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24. Rebuilding the Inner City: A History of Neighborhood Initiatives to Address Poverty in the United States
by Professor Robert Halpern
Neighborhood-based initiatives -ranging from settlement houses in the nineteenth century to the Community Action and Model Cities program of the ... More
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25. When Public Housing Was Paradise: Building Community in Chicago
by J S Fuerst (Editor), D Bradford Hunt (Editor), John Hope Franklin (Foreword by)
Collecting seventy-nine oral histories from former public housing residents and staff, J.S. Fuerst's "When Public Housing Was Paradise is a powerful ... More
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