The war against the poor : the underclass and antipoverty policy

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The war against the poor : the underclass and antipoverty policy

Herbert J. Gans

BasicBooks, c1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-186) and indexes

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ISBN 9780465019908

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In his withering dissection of the origins and misuse of the term underclass to stereotype and stigmatize the poor, Herbert J. Gans shows how this ubiquitous label has relegated a wide variety of peoplewelfare recipients, the working poor, teenage mothers, drug addicts, the homeless, and othersto a single condemned class, feared and despised by the rest of society. Probing the deep psychological, social, and political reasons why Americans seek to indict millions of poor citizens as undeserving, Gans calls for a cease-fire in the undeclared war against the poor. He concludes with a set of innovative, job-centered policy proposals and a multifaceted educational plan to stop the endless flow of new recruits into Americas untouchable caste.

Table of Contents

Labeling the Poor The Invention of the Underclass Label The Dangers of Underclass and Other Labels The Undeservingness of the Poor Policies Against Poverty and Undeservingness Joblessness and Antipoverty Policy in the Twenty-first Century
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: pbk ISBN 9780465019915

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In his withering dissection of the origins and misuse of the term underclass" to stereotype and stigmatize the poor, Herbert J. Gans shows how this ubiquitous label has relegated a wide variety of people,welfare recipients, the working poor, teenage mothers, drug addicts, the homeless, and others,to a single condemned class, feared and despised by the rest of society. Probing the deep psychological, social, and political reasons why Americans seek to indict millions of poor citizens as undeserving," Gans calls for a cease-fire in the undeclared war against the poor. He concludes with a set of innovative, job-centreed policy proposals and a multifaceted educational plan to stop the endless flow of new recruits into America's untouchable caste.

Table of Contents

  • Labeling the Poor
  • The Invention of the Underclass Label
  • The Dangers of Underclass and Other Labels
  • The Undeservingness of the Poor
  • Policies Against Poverty and Undeservingness
  • Joblessness and Antipoverty Policy in the Twenty-first Century

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