Description |
xvi, 284 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Pt. 1. Neighborhood: family and community as supports. Between a rock and a hard place: the labyrinth of working and parenting in a poor community / Sharon Hicks-Bartlett ; Communal isolation: narrowing the pathways to goal attainment and work / Gina Barclay-McLaughlin ; Negotiating adolescence in a Black middle-class neighborhood / Mary Pattillo-McCoy -- Pt. 2. Employment: from removing barriers to coping with obstacles. Dreamkeeping in the inner city: diminishing the divide between aspirations and expectations / Carla O'Connor ; On the outside looking in: low-income Black men's conceptions of work opportunity and the good job / Alford A. Young, Jr. ; Black male employment and self-sufficiency / Andrew L. Reaves -- Pt. 3. Parenting: from enforcing responsibility to enabling care. Mother, worker, welfare recipient: welfare reform and the multiple roles of low-income women / Ariel Kalil ... [et al.] ; Work preparation and labor market experiences among the urban, poor, nonresident fathers / Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. -- Conclusion. Social contexts in the making of public policy / Ann Chih Lin. |
Subject |
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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1975- |
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Urban poor -- United States.
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Urban poor. |
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United States. |
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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African Americans -- Employment.
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African Americans -- Employment. |
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Urban policy -- United States.
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Urban policy. |
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African American families -- Social conditions.
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African American families -- Social conditions. |
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African American families. |
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Inner cities -- United States.
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Inner cities. |
Added Author |
Danziger, Sheldon.
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Lin, Ann Chih.
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ISBN |
9780472086979 paperback acid-free paper |
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0472111450 acid-free paper |
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9780472111459 acid-free paper |
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0472086979 paperback acid-free paper |
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