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Sociology and social policy : essays on community, economy, and society / Herbert J. Gans

Author
Gans, Herbert J.
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Physical Description
xiii, 259 pages ; 23 cm

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Contents
Part one: the city -- Some problems of and futures for urban sociology: toward a sociology of settlements -- The sociology of space: a use-centered view -- Involuntary segregation and the Ghetto: disconnecting process and place -- Concentrated poverty: a critical analysis -- Part two: poverty -- Studying the bottom of American society -- The challenge of multigenerational poverty -- The benefits of poverty -- Part three: jobs and the political economy -- Superfluous workers: the labor market's invisible discards -- Work-time reduction: possibilities and problems -- Basic income: a remedy for a sick labor market? -- Seeking a political solution to the economy's problems -- High school economics texts and the American economy -- Part four: race and class -- Race as class -- "Whitening" and the changing American racial hierarchy -- The Moynihan report and its aftermaths: a critical analysis -- Part five: ethnicity -- The coming darkness of late-generation European-American ethnicity -- The end of late-generation European ethnicity in America? -- Appendix: working in six research areas - a multi-field sociological career.
Summary
This collection of recent essays by the influential sociologist Herbert J. Gans brings together the many themes of Gans' wide-ranging career to make the case for a policy-oriented vision for sociology. Sociology and social policy presents a range of studies from across Gans' areas of interest - the city, poverty, ethnicity, employment and political economy, and the relationship between race and class - that together make a powerful call to action.
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ISBN
0231183054
9780231183055 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0231183046
9780231183048 (cloth ; alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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