@ARTICLE{27043461_27481178_2006, author = {Alexey Gusev}, keywords = {, underclass, Chicago school, deviation, marginality, inner cities, ethnic minorities, exclusionwelfare state}, title = {Modern underclass theories and Chicago School marginality concepts: theoretical comparison}, journal = {The Russian Sociological Review}, year = {2006}, volume = {5}, number = {1}, pages = {102-113}, url = {https://sociologica.hse.ru/en/2006-5-1/27481178.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {Current article includes comparative analysis of contemporary lower strata studies and classical Chicago school studies devoted to the same topic. In the beginning contemporary underclass concepts are examined: their sources, key theoretical constructions, explanations of this strata existence. Direct comparison with Chicago scholars’ standpoints based on four key parameters: welfare programs interdependence; emphasis on race and ethnic minorities’ problems; "inner city" territorial isolation; disposition towards deviation. Another important idea of the whole article is principal similarity of theoretical tasks through different epochs regardless historical differences of the empiric object.}, annote = {Current article includes comparative analysis of contemporary lower strata studies and classical Chicago school studies devoted to the same topic. In the beginning contemporary underclass concepts are examined: their sources, key theoretical constructions, explanations of this strata existence. Direct comparison with Chicago scholars’ standpoints based on four key parameters: welfare programs interdependence; emphasis on race and ethnic minorities’ problems; "inner city" territorial isolation; disposition towards deviation. Another important idea of the whole article is principal similarity of theoretical tasks through different epochs regardless historical differences of the empiric object.} }