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Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

Jay MacLeod
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This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of Ain't No Makin' It Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the “Brothers” and the “Hallway Hangers.” Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved readers and challenged ethnic stereotypes. MacLeod's return eight years later, and the resulting 1995 revision, revealed little improvement in the lives of these men as they struggled in the labor market and crime-ridden underground economy.   The third edition of this classic ethnography of social reproduction brings the story of inequality and social mobility into today's dialogue. Now fully updated with thirteen new interviews from the original Hallway Hangers and Brothers, as well as new theoretical analysis and comparison to the original conclusions, Ain't No Makin' It remains an admired and invaluable text.  
Contents Part The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as Teenagers
1. Social Immobility in the Land of Opportunity
2. Social Reproduction in Theoretical Perspective
3. Teenagers in Clarendon The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers
4. The Influence of the Family
5. The World of Aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers
6. Preparing for the Competition
7. Leveled Social Reproduction Takes Its Toll
8. Reproduction Theory Reconsidered Part Eight Years Low Income, Low Outcome
9. The Hallway Dealing in Despair
10. The Dreams Deferred
11. Outclassed and Outcast Part Ain't No Makin' It?
12. The Hallway Fighting for a Foothold at Forty
13. The Barely Making It
14. Making Sense of the Stories, by Katherine McClelland and David Karen
Language
English
Pages
336
Release
July 29, 2008

Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood, Third Edition

Jay MacLeod
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of Ain't No Makin' It Jay MacLeod brought us to the Clarendon Heights housing project where we met the “Brothers” and the “Hallway Hangers.” Their story of poverty, race, and defeatism moved readers and challenged ethnic stereotypes. MacLeod's return eight years later, and the resulting 1995 revision, revealed little improvement in the lives of these men as they struggled in the labor market and crime-ridden underground economy.   The third edition of this classic ethnography of social reproduction brings the story of inequality and social mobility into today's dialogue. Now fully updated with thirteen new interviews from the original Hallway Hangers and Brothers, as well as new theoretical analysis and comparison to the original conclusions, Ain't No Makin' It remains an admired and invaluable text.  
Contents Part The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as Teenagers
1. Social Immobility in the Land of Opportunity
2. Social Reproduction in Theoretical Perspective
3. Teenagers in Clarendon The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers
4. The Influence of the Family
5. The World of Aspirations of the Hangers and Brothers
6. Preparing for the Competition
7. Leveled Social Reproduction Takes Its Toll
8. Reproduction Theory Reconsidered Part Eight Years Low Income, Low Outcome
9. The Hallway Dealing in Despair
10. The Dreams Deferred
11. Outclassed and Outcast Part Ain't No Makin' It?
12. The Hallway Fighting for a Foothold at Forty
13. The Barely Making It
14. Making Sense of the Stories, by Katherine McClelland and David Karen
Language
English
Pages
336
Release
July 29, 2008

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