Table of Contents:
  • Ghetto poverty: basic questions / Paul A. Jargowsky and Mary Jo Bane
  • How poverty neighborhoods are changing / John C. Weicher
  • The social consequences of growing up in a poor neighborhood / Christopher Jencks and Susan E. Mayer
  • Residential segregation, job proximity, and black job opportunities / Christopher Jencks and Susan E. Mayer
  • Ghetto poverty and federal policies and programs / Michael McGeary.