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This fifth volume in the series on research in community sociology deals with such topics as theoretical and global perspectives on urban poverty, concentrated poverty in American cities, social resources and the struggle for survival, and inequality and social policy.

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Author:   Dan A. Chekki
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   JAI Press Inc.
Volume:   v. 5
Weight:   0.586kg
ISBN:  

9781559388849

ISBN 10:   1559388846
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   31 August 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Introduction: glimpses of urban poverty in Europe and North America, Dan A. Chekki. Part 2 Theoretical and global perspectives: poverty, exclusion and agency, Bjorn Hvinden; (re)structuring urban poverty - the impact of globalization on its extent and spatial concentration, Jen S. Dangschat and David Fasenfest. Part 3 Concentrated poverty in US cities: concentrated poverty in US cities - a look at metropolitan-level causes, 1970-1980, John Iceland; concentrated poverty, housing change, and urban redevelopment - blacks in US cities, 1980-1990, Frank Harold Wilson. Part 4 Homelessness: beyond the conventional wisdom about the homeless - ""cultures of resistance"" on the streets, David Wagner; homeless careers in Amsterdam - a longitudinal research, Dorine Greshof and Leon Deben. Part 5 Social resources and struggle for survival: social resources, job search, and poverty in Atlanta, Gary P. Green, Leann M. Tigges, and Irene Browne; deindustrialization and urban poverty - struggle for survival of a low income neighbourhood, Gordana Rabrenovic. Part 6 Inequality and social policy: ""times of poverty"" - lessons from Bremen longitudinal social assistance sample, Hannah Bruckner; citizenship and social exclusion in Britain and Germany, Tricia Kennett; inequality and poverty in Canadian cities - ideology and policy-programs, Dan A. Chekki."

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