New Social Contexts
Moynihan drafted his report in a very different time from ours. The early 1960s were the heyday of the "affluent society," following upon 20 years of steadily rising earnings, declining poverty, and falling income inequality with ten more to follow. The Civil Rights movement was blossoming, social welfare was expanding, and immigration had fallen to record lows. America was a "can-do" society and in this context President Johnson launched his "War on Poverty" to create the "Great Society." The situation is now quite different, as papers in this section explore.
"Welfare Reform in the mid-2000s: How African-American and Hispanic Families in Three Cities are Faring"
Andrew Cherlin
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"Black Churches: Urban Savior, or Part of the 'Tangle of Pathology'?"
Omar McRoberts
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"The New U.S. Immigrants: Do They Elucidate or Confound Our Understanding of the African American Experience?"
Frank D. Bean
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Q & A on New Social Contexts
Moderated by Rob Sampson, with responses from: (1) Bobo, (2) Charles, (3) Cherlin, (4) Western, (5) McRoberts, (6) Bean.
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