Underclass A History of the Excluded, 1880-2000

by Welshman, John

• ISBN13: 9781852855543
• ISBN10: 1852855541
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-10
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

In Underclass, John Welshman shows that there have always been concerns about an 'underclass', whether constructed as the 'social residuum' of the 1880s, the 'problem family' of the 1950s or the 'cycle of deprivation' of the 1970s. There are marked differences between these concepts, but also striking continuities. This book is the first to look systematically at the question, providing new insights on contemporary debates about behavior, poverty and welfare reform.

Author Biography

John Welshman is Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Regulating the Residuum	p. 1
A Trojan Horse	p. 21
In Search of the Social Problem Group	p. 45
The Invention of the Problem Family	p. 67
Chasing the Culture of Poverty	p. 87
Sir Keith Joseph and the Cycle of Deprivation	p. 107
Uncovering the Underclass - America	p. 127
Uncovering the Underclass - Britain	p. 157
Social Exclusion and Cycles of Disadvantage	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 205
Notes	p. 211
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 257
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