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The Lower Class and the Underclass
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The lower class holds unstable, low-paid work or none; the underclass names those durably excluded from regular employment across long periods.
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Exclusion compounds, because gaps in work history become the reason for later refusals.
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"Underclass" is a contested term that some sociologists reject as blaming those it describes.