{"product_id":"youth-the-underclass-and-social-robert-macdonald-9781138177567","title":"Youth, the `Underclass' and Social Exclusion","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea that Britain, the US and other western societies are witnessing the rise of an underclass of people at the bottom of the social heap, structurally and culturally distinct from traditional patterns of  decent' working-class life, has become increasingly popular in the 1990s. Anti-work, anti-social, and welfare dependent cultures are said to typify this new  dangerous class' and  dangerous youth' are taken as the prime subjects of underclass theories. Debates about the family and single-parenthood, about crime and about unemployment and welfare reforms have all become embroiled in underclass theories which, whilst highly controversial, have had remarkable influence on the politics and policies of governments in Britain and the US, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYouth, the  Underclass' and Social Exclusion\u003c\/em\u003e constitutes the first concerted attempt to grapple with the underclass idea in relation to contemporary youth. It focuses upon unemployment, training, the labour market, crime, homelessness, and parenting and will be essential reading for students of social policy, sociology and criminology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138177563\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138177567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Robert MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621990478079,"sku":"9781138177567","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/youth-the-underclass-and-social-robert-macdonald-9781138177567","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}