Ain't no makin' it : aspirations & attainment in a low-income neighborhood /

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Author Jay MacLeod 's classic ethnography--a defining work on the cycle of social reproduction and inequality as lived through the young men from the Clarendon Heights housing project--now includes a third section that continues the lives of the original Brothers and Hallway Hangers through new...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacLeod, Jay
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, CO : Westview Press, ©2009.
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Urban poor > United States > Case studies.
Youth with social disabilities > United States > Case studies.
Social mobility > United States > Case studies.
Equality > United States > Case studies.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Jeunes socialement défavorisés > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Mobilité sociale > États-Unis > Études de cas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Poverty & Homelessness.
Equality
Social mobility
Urban poor
Youth with social disabilities
Armut
Social rörlighet > Förenta staterna.
Fattigdom > Förenta staterna.
United States
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Social immobility in the land of opportunity
  • Social reproduction in theoretical perspective
  • Teenagers in Clarendon Heights : the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers
  • The influence of the family
  • The world of work : aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers
  • School : preparing for the competition
  • Leveled aspirations : social reproduction takes its toll
  • Reproduction theory reconsidered
  • The Hallway Hangers : dealing in despair
  • The Brothers : dreams deferred
  • Conclusion : outclassed and outcast(e)
  • The Hallway Hangers : weeble, wobble, but we don't fall down
  • The Brothers : finally finding a foothold
  • Reproduction, redemption, and respect.

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