Bibliograph

Abandoned families, social isolation in the twenty-first century, Kristin S. Seefeldt

Type

Label

Abandoned families, social isolation in the twenty-first century, Kristin S. Seefeldt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-252) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Abandoned families

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

968193352

Responsibility statement

Kristin S. Seefeldt

Sub title

social isolation in the twenty-first century

Summary

"Education, employment, and home ownership have long been considered stepping stones to the middle class. But in Abandoned Families, Kristin Seefeldt shows how many working families have access only to a separate but unequal set of poor-quality jobs, low-performing schools, and declining housing markets which offer few chances for upward mobility. Through in-depth interviews over a six-year period with women in Detroit, Seefeldt charts the increasing social isolation of many low-income workers, particularly African Americans, and analyzes how economic and residential segregation keep them from achieving the American Dream of upward mobility."--Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

From social isolation to social abandonment -- Abandoned Detroit -- Abandoned by institutions of inclusion and stability: the failed promise of employment -- Abandoned by institutions of mobility: the failed promise of post-secondary education and home ownership -- Abandoned by the safety net: contestations, denials, and incompetence in benefit processing -- Debt: the new sharecropping system -- Making abandoned families striving families again

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