184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book provides an authoritative and much needed critical review of British and American debates about the underclass, set in the context of historical material and policy developments. The idea of an underclass is based on a notion of social exclusion, be it cultural or structural in nature. It strikes a contrast with the idea of social citizenship. In accepted definitions of the underclass... Read more
Introduction, 1 Dangerous classes, 2 The mischievous ambiguity, 3 The ‘New’ World, 4 The concept of the underclass, 5 Gender and the underclass, 6 Migrant labour and the underclass, Conclusion
Biography
Lydia Morris is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.
