Rethinking social policy : race, poverty, and the underclass /
Christopher Jencks.
- vi, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-275) and index.
Introduction -- Affirmative Action or Quotas -- The Safety Net -- Heredity, Inequality, and Crime -- Making Sense of Urban Ghettos -- Is the American Underclass Growing? -- Reforming Welfare -- Notes -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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Public welfare--United States Urban poor--Government policy--United States
United States--Social conditions--1980- United States--Social policy United States--Race relations.