Dangerous Classes: The Underclass and Social Citizenship

ISBN-13: 9780415050135 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 184 str.

Lydia Morris

Opis

Dangerous Classes provides a 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 state, dependence had come to be seen as a badge of exclusion rather than a guarantee of inclusion. There has been a gradual shift of emphasis in recent commentary, from concern with social rights to anxiety about social obligations, much of which relates to the enforcement of the work ethic.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Lydia Morris is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Essex.