The truly disadvantaged : [electronic resource] the inner city, the underclass, and public policy / William Julius Wilson.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-247) and index.

pt. 1. The ghetto underclass, poverty, and social dislocations: Cycles of deprivation and the ghetto underclass debate -- Social change and social dislocations in the inner city -- Poverty and family structure: the widening gap between evidence and public policy issues (with Kathryn Neckerman) -- Joblessness versus welfare effects: a further reexamination (with Robert Aponte and Kathryn Neckerman) -- pt. 2. The ghetto underclass and public policy: Race-specific policies and the truly disadvantaged -- The limited visions of race relations and the war on poverty -- The hidden agenda -- Appendix: Urban poverty: a state-of-the-art review of the literature (with Robert Aponte).