Monday, March 31, 2008

Study guide and discussion questions for "From When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor" by WILLIAM JULIUS WILSON. Come prepared to discuss the discussion questions next week (for the online class, discuss these questions this week on our discussion board).

Study guide and discuss questions:

How does Wilson explain poverty in the inner city?

How is poverty in the inner city similar to and different from poverty in SLO county?


Study guide, know about the following:

residential segregation
changes in the labor market
unemployment
urban black poverty
Bronzeville