The Problem of Lower Class Culture.

Rainwater, Lee

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Publication Date: 1970

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The Problem of Lower Class Culture

Rainwater, Lee

Journal of Social Issues, 26, 2, 133-148, Spr '70

Data from a long term Participant observation study of an all-Negro public housing project suggest that the aspirations of lower class people are conventional, yet unattainable via use of subcultural coping techniques. (JM)

Descriptors: Aspiration, Cultural Influences, Game Theory, Goal Orientation, Lower Class, Poverty, Social Exchange Theory, Socioeconomic Influences, Subcultures

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