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- Title
Societal obligations to the urban poor child.
- Authors
Jones-Wilson, Faustine
- Abstract
This pluralistic, highly advantaged society, with a diverse and divided population, has both moral and economic obligations to assist the urban poor child to overcome the adverse conditions of his life circumstances. A national urban policy designed to ameliorate the substandard condition of the urban poor is recommended, along with the institution of realistic policies and programs of effective schooling for poor children and youth. The urban poor, in turn, have a responsibility to accept and use wisely the help offered to them. Thus obligation is mutual and reciprocal between society and its urban poor, though the greater burden is on the society to make it possible for urban poor children to surmount adverse conditions under which they find themselves due to 'accidents of birth.'
- Publication
Urban Review, 1987, Vol 19, Issue 4, p201
- ISSN
0042-0972
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF01112055