Social Class and Social Policy

Table of contents

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• Social Class and Social Policy *
• Title Page *
• Preface *
• Contents *
• I - Policy Objectives *
• 1 - The New Income *
• II - Social Class: the Poor Today *
• 2 - The "New" Working Class *
• 3 - Variations among the Poor *
• 4 - The Culture of Poverty: a Critique *
• III - Education *
• 5 - The Credentials Trap *
• 6 - School Dropouts and American Society *
• 7 - The Search for an Educational Resolution *
• 8 - The New Preschool Mythology *
• 9 - Teachers of the Poor: Blueprint for Change *

• Social Class and Social Policy *
• Title Page *
• Preface *
• Contents *
• I - Policy Objectives *
• 1 - The New Income *
• II - Social Class: the Poor Today *
• 2 - The "New" Working Class *
• 3 - Variations among the Poor *
• 4 - The Culture of Poverty: a Critique *
• III - Education *
• 5 - The Credentials Trap *
• 6 - School Dropouts and American Society *
• 7 - The Search for an Educational Resolution *
• 8 - The New Preschool Mythology *
• 9 - Teachers of the Poor: Blueprint for Change *
• 10 - The Case for Integrated Education *
• IV - Mental Health *
• 11 - The "Under-Utilization" of Mental-Health Services *
• 12 - New Approaches to Mental-Health Treatment *
• V - Poverty and Community Action *
• 13 - First Force (A): Services and Participation *
• 14 - First Force (B): Nonprofessionals in Social Welfare *
• 15 - Second Force: Pressuring for Change *
• 16 - The Third-Force Strategy *
• VI - Social Science and Social Policy *
• 17 - Social Change versus the "Psychiatric World View" *
• 18 - Technology and Policy Two Agendas *
• Acknowledgments *
• Index *