Locked in the Poorhouse Cities, Race, and Poverty in the United States

by Harris, Fred R.; Curtis, Lynn A.; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Currie, Elliott; Duncan, Greg J.; Jargowsky, Paul A.; Martin, Molly; Quane, James M.; Rankin, Bruce H.; Sandefur, Gary; Taylor, William L.; Wells, Thomas; Wilson, William Julius

• ISBN13: 9780847691357
• ISBN10: 0847691357
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-17
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Thirty years ago President Johnson convened the Kerner Commission to examine the reasons why race riots were rampant. The commission concluded that the U.S. was moving towards two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal. Today, poverty in America is worse than in 1968. In the midst of a U.S. economic boom, the country is resegregating, and poor African Americans and Hispanics continue to be concentrated in urban environments. With contributors including best-selling author William Julius Wilson, this book shows what works and what doesn't in dealing with these problems and offers practical policy recommendations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
The Kerner Report Thirty Years Later	7	(14)
Fred R. Harris
Urban Poverty, Welfare Reform, and Child Development	21	(12)
Greg J. Duncan
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Poverty as a Public Health Issue: Since the Kerner Report of 1968	33	(24)
Gary Sandefur
Molly Martin
Thomas Wells
The New Urban Poverty: Consequences of the Economic and Social Decline of Inner-City Neighborhoods	57	(22)
William Julius Wilson
James M. Quane
Bruce H. Rankin
Urban Poverty, Race, and the Inner City: The Bitter Fruit of Thirty Years of Neglect	79	(16)
Paul A. Jargowsky
Race, Violence, and Justice since Kerner	95	(22)
Elliott Currie
Racism and the Poor: Integration and Affirmative Action as Mobility Strategies	117	(12)
William L. Taylor
Policy for the New Millennium	129	(22)
Lynn A. Curtis
Conclusion	151	(4)
Notes and Sources	155	(24)
Index	179	(8)
About the Contributors	187