Entry:

Jencks, Christopher, Rethinking Social Policy: Race, Poverty, and the Underclass. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.


Abstract:

Political principles are not solving social issues, so specific programs that work must be used to solve these problems. Policy makers must look at social policy concretely and see which programs actually work.

GSS Years:

1972-1989

Other Data Sets:

Census 1960, 1963-1988, 1990; CPS 1963-1988; BLS 1959-1987; NCES 1948-1989; WCHS 1950-1988

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
RACE

RACE OF RESPONDENT

ETHNIC

COUNTRY OF FAMILY ORIGIN

RELIG

RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE

EDUC

HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED

MAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

PAEDUC

"HIGHEST YEAR SCHOOL COMPLETED

AGE

AGE OF RESPONDENT