When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor

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When work disappears : the world of the new urban poor

Title remainder

the world of the new urban poor

Statement of responsibility

William Julius Wilson

Creator

• Wilson, William J., 1935-
• Wilson, William J., 1935-

Subject

• Afro-Americans -- Employment
• Inner cities -- United States
• Urban poor -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Wilson explores how the current loss of blue-collar jobs has crucially affected American society. He discusses the effects of the "suburbanization" of employment, which has excluded the black urban poor who remain isolated in neighborhoods of concentrated unemployment, neighborhoods that once featured a sizable proportion of working families. He describes the lack of locally available training and education, and the dissolution of government and private support of local organizations that once supplied job information as well as employment opportunities. And he examines as well the attitudes of employers toward ghetto residents and the resulting effects on hiring policies

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