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"Safe Places To Go And Things To Do": Political Texts From Urban Youth Of Color, Amory Starr
"Safe Places To Go And Things To Do": Political Texts From Urban Youth Of Color, Amory Starr
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
This paper is the first to examine the political texts of urban youth of color. It presents their assessments of what kinds of policies and programs would improve their lives.
The Forgotten Many: A Study Of Poor Urban Whites, Reba L. Chaisson
The Forgotten Many: A Study Of Poor Urban Whites, Reba L. Chaisson
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Being White in America is thought to ensure social and economic stability, but the lives of Whites who are poor run contrary to these assumptions. Members of this group, the focus group of this study, receive food stamps, public aid and general assistance payments on a monthly basis. And they rely on public health clinics and food pantries to get by-programs and services that are viewed by the larger society as being tapped only by Blacks. This paper examines the differences and similarities between the poverty experiences of Blacks and Whites. The research for this analysis consisted of participant observation …
Review Of Children In The Urban Environment: Linking Social Policy And Clinical Practice. Norma K. Phillips And Shulamith L. A. Straussner. Reviewed By Dorinda Noble, Louisiana State University., Dorinda Noble
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare
Norma K. Phillips and Shulamith L.A. Straussner, Children in the Urban Environment: Linking Social Policy and Clinical Practice. Springfield, IL. $57.96 hardcover, $43.05 papercover.