Urban Poverty and the Underclass: A Reader - Couverture souple

Mingione, Enzo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631200371 ISBN 13 : 9780631200376

Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

Over the last two decades "poverty" has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe's foremost sociologists, aims to assess the debates surrounding poverty and the responses to it, exploring the ways in which the various socio-political systems and welfarist regimes are being radically transformed. The essays examine how such change is effected by failing welfare programmes and enervating social structures such as family and community which once would have provided mechanisms of social stability.The first part of the book provides reflections on urban poverty: the second part discusses the widely debated idea of an "underclass" and its meanings in Europe and in the USA, and the final part draws on concrete empirical analyses to examine the patterns of poverty thoughout Western Europe. This volume will be of first-rate importance to all serious students of politics, sociology, geography, public policy, youth and community studies, social policy and American studies.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Over the last two decades "poverty" has moved centrestage as an issue within the social sciences. This volume, edited by one of Europe′s foremost sociologists, aims to assess the debates surrounding poverty and the responses to it, exploring the ways in which the various socio–political systems and welfarist regimes are being radically transformed. The essays examine how such change is effected by failing welfare programmes and enervating social structures such as family and community which once would have provided mechanisms of social stability.

The first part of the book provides reflections on urban poverty; the second part discusses the widely debated idea of an "underclass" and its meanings in Europe and in the USA, and the final part draws on concrete empirical analyses to examine the patterns of poverty thoughout Western Europe.

This volume will be of first–rate importance to all serious students of politics, sociology, geography, public policy, youth and community studies, social policy and American studies.

Biographie de l'auteur

Enzo Mingione is Professor of Sociology at the University of Padova. His main fields of interest and research are poverty, unemployment and informal work. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and of Inchiesta. He has been a member of the EEC expert team on "The Underground Economy and Irregular Forms of Employment" and has written, with Mauro Magatti, a report on "The Informal Sector" for the European Commission.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Blackwell Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0631200371
• ISBN 13: 9780631200376
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible