How to Save the Underclass

R. Marris

ISBN 10: 0333669509 / ISBN 13: 9780333669501

Published by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD Okt 1996, 1996

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The outstanding moral problem of our time is the emergence of an underclass, provoking both pity and an angry political backlash. Robin Marris finds that a slowdown in growth is the root cause, leading to a collapse of the labour market for unskilled men in particular. Fashionable solutions such as lower wages or welfare reform benefit those already well-off, and exacerbate growing income inequality. He employs statistical, sociological and psychological analysis and new developments in 'brain science' to show how the creation of an open society with increased equality of opportunity risks creating an unnecessarily excessive meritocracy. The solution is restoring national and international priority to the objective of growth. If this fails, damage limitation is essential. We must learn to live with the welfare state. 229 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: How to Save the Underclass
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN LTD Okt 1996
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333669509
• ISBN 13: 9780333669501
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 14D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 308 grams

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Synopsis

The outstanding moral problem of our time is the emergence of an underclass, provoking both pity and an angry political backlash. Robin Marris finds that a slowdown in growth is the root cause, leading to a collapse of the labour market for unskilled men in particular. Fashionable solutions such as lower wages or welfare reform benefit those already well-off, and exacerbate growing income inequality. He employs statistical, sociological and psychological analysis and new developments in 'brain science' to show how the creation of an open society with increased equality of opportunity risks creating an unnecessarily excessive meritocracy. The solution is restoring national and international priority to the objective of growth. If this fails, damage limitation is essential. We must learn to live with the welfare state.

About the Author

Robin Marris