(from the article `social class`) ...a core of chronically unemployed persons isolated from the economic mainstream in decaying urban areas. This new urban substratum of permanently ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/u/7
A class of individuals situated right at the bottom of the class system, often composed of people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20212
a disputed concept implying that there is a class of the population with distinctive cultural traits who are dependent on state benefits and/or poorly paid and are therefore locked into disadvantaged circumstances.
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