Instructions:  I WILL DEDUCT 10 POINTS FOR EVERY 12 HOURS PAST THE DEADLINE.  The essay needs to be at least three pages and no more than five pages, double spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, and default word margins. If you have a similarity rating of more than 15 percent, the essay will receive a zero. The essay will be submitted to the assignment dropbox

Question:  In Why Both Social Structure and Culture Matter in a Holistic Analysis of Inner-City Poverty by William Julius Wilson (2010) he states, Social structure refers to the way social positions, social roles, and networks of social relationships are arranged in our institutions, such as the economy, polity, education, and the organization of the family (2010; 201).  He goes on to state that Social processes refer to the machinery of society that exists to promote ongoing relations between members of the larger group (2010: 201).  Defining and then bringing together the concepts of social structure and borrowing from the lectures, readings, and books discuss how the social context shapes the lives of the poor.

You will start with the social construction of welfare comparing European social welfare to the United States, U.S. welfare policy, and the culture of poverty linking all components together and within the context of Wilsons quote and the concept of social structure (policy).