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William Julius Wilson
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 228
Citations - 32039
William Julius Wilson is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Underclass & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 228 publications receiving 31519 citations. Previous affiliations of William Julius Wilson include London School of Economics and Political Science & Western Michigan University.
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The truly disadvantaged : the inner city, the underclass, and public policy
TL;DR: Wilson's "The Truly Disadvantaged" as mentioned in this paper was one of the sixteen best books of 1987 and won the 1988 C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
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The Truly Disadvantaged
TL;DR: The Truly Disadvantaged as discussed by the authors examines the relationship between race, employment, and education from the 1950s to the 1990s, with surprising and provocative findings about the convergence of race and poverty.
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When Work Disappears
TL;DR: For the first time in the twentieth century most adults in many inner-city ghetto neighborhoods are not working in a typical week as mentioned in this paper and the disappearance of work has adversely affected not only individuals, families, and neighborhoods, but the social life of the city at large as well.
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The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass, and Public Policy.
TL;DR: In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website as mentioned in this paper, in case of legitimate complaints the material will be removed.