Inner-City Poverty in the United StatesThis volume documents the continuing growth of concentrated poverty in central cities of the United States and examines what is known about its causes and effects. With careful analyses of policy implications and alternative solutions to the problem, it presents:
Inner-City Poverty in the United States will be a valuable tool for policymakers, program administrators, researchers studying urban poverty issues, faculty, and students. |
Contents
Preface | |
Introduction 7 | |
Basic Questions Paul A Jargowsky and Mary Jo Bane | |
How Poverty Neighborhoods ar Changing John C Weicher | |
The Social Consequences of Growing Up in a Poor Neighborhood Christopher Jencks and Susan E Mayer | |
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