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In the Inner City: A Test Of Two Theories Michigan State University Poverty has been an issue that has been fought against for decades. In this paper, the author discusses the levels of poverty within the Hispanic community. The poverty rates among the different Hispanic groups vary considerably, even among the two major, and most impoverished of the groups, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans. Associated with these indicators of deprivation among urban minorities have been other signs of potential distress. Within recent years, the rate of joblessness, female headship, and welfare receipt has risen among minorities. The patterning of these trends gives rise to numerous questions, such as why minorities fare so poorly on these indicators relative to whites, including those whites with whom they share urban space and common labor markets. In addition, what explains the sizable differences in how the different minority groups compare among themselves on such indicators of distress as poverty and joblessness. Although a complete consensus has yet to emerge on the basic underlying causes of these phenomena, a number of theoretical explanations have emerged in the literature to explain some of these problems. The results of this work ultimately raise as many questions as they answer, a number of important shortcomings of the contemporary perspectives on poverty are suggested as well as a number of clear directions for further research. Aponte explores the reasons behind the persistence of poverty
among inner city minorities. He engages in a historical and statistical
analysis of various cities, analyzing an array of theories and
findings on Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Blacks. Many existing
theories, Aponte argues, do not account for the variation in
problems encountered by the different groups. Aponte finally
attributes this "urban dilemma" of minority poverty
to the structure of opportunities within the cities. Hardcopy Price: $3.00
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