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When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor
When Work Disappears The World of the New Urban Poor Author:William Julius Wilson "For the first time in the 20th century, most adults in many inner-city ghetto neighborhoods are not working in a typical week." In this provocative Scholarly Bestseller, Professor William Julius Wilson explores how the current loss of blue-collar jobs has crucially affected American society. Racism, Professor Wilson says, accounts less and les... more »s for this deepening catastrophe. He discusses the effects of suburbanization of employment, the collapse of the low-wage economy, and the departure of upwardly mobile young adults on isolating the black urban poor in neighborhoods of concentrated unemployment. He shows how formerly viable communities have become chaotic, crime- infested, and welfare-dependent. Professor Wilson argues that a lack of suitable jobs, and not the lure of welfare, has kept inner-city residents from working. To ameliorate this situation, he proposes an ambitious agenda of educational and social reforms that would guarantee accessible work to all who seek it.« less