Losing GroundBasic Books, 1984 M10 17 - 323 páginas Study of the relationship between social policy and economic policy in the USA from 1950 to 1980 - examines policy towards the socially disadvantaged and blacks, including public expenditure on social welfare; discusses the social status of the poor and blacks in terms of employment opportunity, wage differential, occupational structure, access to education, crime participation and family social problems; presents an evaluation of social research on poverty and racial discrimination; suggests policy reforms. Bibliography, diagrams, graphs. |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition Charles Murray Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |
Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980, 10th Anniversary Edition Charles Murray Vista de fragmentos - 1994 |
Términos y frases comunes
AFDC Affirmative Action American antipoverty Appendix table behavior benefits billion black males Blacks Whites Blacks budget Bureau Census changes chapter civil rights Current Population Current Population Survey DATA AND Source disadvantaged discrimination dollars economic effect eligibility enrollment equality of outcome estimate example Executive Order 11246 federal figure Food Stamps ghetto Harold homicide illegitimacy illegitimate births incentives income increase inner-city Johnson Journal of Human labor force participation large numbers latent poverty legislation living Lyndon Johnson magnet school Medicaid ment National Negative Income Tax parents percent percentage points period persons Phyllis poor poverty line problem proportion Race racial reason reform reported Review reward scores smoking social policy society Source Information statistics status teenagers tion transfers trendline trends UCR data unem unemployed unemployment Urban victims violent crimes wage War on Poverty Washington Whites Blacks Whites workers York young black