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

divp class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" This classic text addresses one of the most important issues in modern social theory and policy: how social inequality is reproduced from one generation to the next. With the original 1987 publication of iAin’t No Makin’ It/i 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./p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"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, IAin’t No Makin’ It/i remains an admired and invaluable text.u/u/p p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" /p p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"u/u/ppbContents/b /ppPart One: The Hallway Hangers and the Brothers as TeenagersBR 1. Social Immobility in the Land of OpportunityBR 2. Social Reproduction in Theoretical PerspectiveBR 3. Teenagers in Clarendon Heights: The Hallway Hangers and the BrothersBR 4. The Influence of the FamilyBR 5. The World of Work: Aspirations of the Hangers and BrothersBR 6. School: Preparing for the CompetitionBR 7. Leveled Aspirations: Social Reproduction Takes Its TollBR 8. Reproduction Theory Reconsidered/ppPart Two: Eight Years Later: Low Income, Low OutcomeBR 9. The Hallway Hangers: Dealing in DespairBR 10. The Brothers: Dreams DeferredBR 11. Conclusion: Outclassed and Outcast(e)/ppPart Three: Ain’t No Makin’ It?br 12. The Hallway Hangers: Fighting for a Foothold at FortyBR 13. The Brothers: Barely Making ItBR 14. Making Sense of the Stories, by Katherine McClelland and David Karen/p/div