The Caste and Class Controversy on Race and Poverty: Round Two of the Willie/Wilson Debate

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Rowman & Littlefield, 1989 - Social Science - 185 pages
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Contents

The Inclining Significance of Race
10
The Declining Significance of Race Revisited But Not Revised
22
Alternative Perspectives on Race and Social Class
37
THE CONTINUING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE
46
Significance of Race in the 1960s
47
Significance of Race in the 1970s
63
COMMENTARY ON THE DECLINING SIGNIFICANCE OF RACE
92
If We Won Why Arent We Smiling?
93
On the Declining and Increasing Significance of Race
110
COMMENTARY ON THE TRULY DISADVANTAGED
130
The Theory of the UnderClass A Review of Wilsons The Truly Disadvantaged
131
Rebuttal to a Conservative Strategy for Reducing Poverty
142
Are NonRaceSpecific Policies the Key to Resolving the Plight of the InnerCity Poor?
156
CONCLUSION
165
On the Prevention and Cure of Poverty and Racism
166
Index
179

Camouflaging the Color Line A Critique
99
The Changing Not Declining Significance of Race
104

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William Julius Wilson, an American sociologist, received his Ph.D. from Washington State University in 1966 and teaches at the University of Chicago. His scholarly work, written from both historical and sociological perspectives, has concentrated on the condition of African Americans living in inner cities, especially the underclass. He stresses urban divisions separating the middle class from the poor.

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