More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City: 0 - Rilegato

Wilson, William J.

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ISBN 10: 039306705X ISBN 13: 9780393067057

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2009

Riassunto

Challenges conservative and liberal perspectives to outline an alternative framework for understanding racial inequality, in a provocative report that analyzes the persistence of inner-city ghettos, the plight of low-skilled black males, and the fragmentation of African-American families.

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L'autore

William Julius Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University.

Product Description

In this provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, the newest book of the Issues of Our Time series edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr., William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner-city ghetto, the plight of low-skilled black males, and the fragmentation of the African American family. Though the discussion of racial inequality is typically ideologically polarized--conservatives emphasize cultural factors like worldviews and behaviors while liberals emphasize institutional forces--Wilson dares to consider both institutional and cultural factors as causes of the persistence of racial inequality. He reaches the controversial conclusion that, while structural and cultural forces are inextricably linked, public policy can change the racial status quo only by reforming the institutions that reinforce it. This book will dramatically affect policy debates and challenge many of the leaders.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 039306705X
• ISBN 13: 9780393067057
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 190