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Rethinking Social Policy: Race, Poverty, and the Underclass

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One of the foremost sociologists of our time makes a fervent appeal for clearer thinking on race, poverty, crime, and the underclass.

292 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1992

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Christopher Jencks

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Christopher Sandy Jencks was an American social scientist.

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“If they paid McDonalds workers more, McDonalds would have to increase the price of the Big Mac” or they could survive with less profit🙂‍↕️
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