Inner-City Poverty in the United States.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1990.
Temas:
Urban poor > Government policy > United States.
Inner cities > United States.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Inner cities
Urban poor > Government policy
United States
UNITED STATES.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Inner-City Poverty in the United States
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Summary
  • FINDINGS
  • Extent and Location of Ghetto Poverty
  • Effects of Living in Ghettos
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • TRENDS IN URBAN POVERTY
  • GHETTO POVERTY
  • THE UNDERCLASS HYPOTHESIS
  • POLICY ISSUES
  • REFERENCES
  • 2 Ghetto Poverty: Basic Questions
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Dimensions of Urban Poverty
  • Defining and Measuring Ghetto Poverty
  • The 40 Percent Poverty Criterion
  • The Level of Ghetto Poverty
  • Data Sources
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF GHETTO NEIGHBORHOODSRace/Ethnicity
  • Family Structure and Demographics
  • Economic Characteristics
  • Social Characteristics
  • Public Policy and Ghettos
  • GHETTO POVERTY, 1970-1980: THE NATIONAL PICTURE
  • The Number of Ghetto Poor
  • An Aside: Rural High-Poverty Areas
  • The Growth of Ghetto Poverty, 1970-1980
  • Where Are the Ghetto Poor?
  • The Level of Ghetto Poverty
  • Ghetto Poverty and the SMSA Poverty Rate
  • THE GEOGRAPHY OF GHETTO POVERTY
  • Understanding Increases in Ghetto Poverty
  • The Geographic Spread of the Ghetto
  • Movements from Ghetto and Mixed-Income TractsTracts Becoming Ghettos
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • Appendix A Issues Related to the Processing of Census Tract Tapes
  • PRIMARY AND COMPLEMENTARY SUPPRESSION
  • CHANGES IN SMSA BOUNDARIES, 1970-1980
  • BASIC DATA ON GHETTO POVERTY, 1970-1980
  • 3 How Poverty Neighborhoods Are Changing
  • THE CONCEPT OF A PROVERTY NEIGHBORHOOD
  • Poverty Neighborhoods as Neighborhoods
  • Consistent Neighborhood Boundaries
  • Study Neighborhoods
  • NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES IN THE 1970S
  • Eastern and Midwestern Poverty Neighborhoods: A Study in DeclineIntraregional Changes
  • Los Angeles
  • NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES IN A LONGER PERSPECTIVE
  • Population and Housing Changes in the 1960s
  • From 1960 to 1980
  • THE FILTERING PROCESS AND THE CULTURE OF POVERTY
  • The Bottom of the Barrel
  • Mobility Between and Within Neighborhoods
  • The New Immigration
  • STATISTICAL ANALYSES OF NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES
  • General Findings
  • New Housing and Neighborhood Changes
  • Population
  • Income
  • Housing Conditions
  • Unemployment and Labor Force ParticipationPOLICY IMPLICATIONS: WHAT MIGHT HELP?
  • Programs for the Poor
  • Housing
  • Community Development Strategies
  • National Economic Policy and Poverty Neighborhoods
  • CONCLUSION: PROSPECTS AND POSSIBILITIES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 The Social Consequences of Growing Up in a Poor Neighborhood
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Advantages of Advantaged Neighbors
  • The Disadvantages of Advantaged Neighbors
  • The Irrelevance of Advantaged Neighbors
  • PROBLEMS IN MEASURING NEIGHBORHOOD EFFECTS ON CHILDREN

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