| Description |
xv, 448 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
How Race and Gender Issues Arise in Economics / Robert Solow -- Racial Inequality in the American Economy Today / Glen Loury -- Discrimination and Income Differences / June O'Neill -- Loaded Dice in the Labor Market: Racial Discrimination and Inequality / William Darity Jr. -- The Conservative/Free Market, the Liberal/Imperfectionist, and the Radical/Exploitation Schools / Susan Feiner -- Untouched by the Rising Tide / David Cutler, Lawrence Katz -- Contrary to Popular Belief, the Economic Boom Did Trickle Down / Gary Becker -- Family Trends: What Implications for Family Policy? / Shirly Zimmerman -- America's Blacks: A World Apart -- Left in the Dust / Randy Albelda -- Meet Your New Work Force / Sharon Nelton -- Discrimination Reflects on You / Ann Wendt, William Slonaker -- Reaching for the Dream / William O'Hare -- American Indians in the 1900s / Dan Frost -- How Do Demographic Changes Affect labor Force Participation of Women? / Daniel Lichter, Janice Costanzo -- The Spare Sex -- Working Women's Staunchest Allies: Supply and Demand / Gary Becker. |
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Women as a Business Imperative / Felice Schwartz -- Can We Solve Black Youth Unemployment? / Harry Holzer -- Occupational Apartheid / Stephen Steinberg -- A Limit to Affirmative Action? / James Blanton -- Saving Affirmative Action / James Forman Jr -- Sins of Admission / Dinesh D'Souza -- Why Are Droves of Unqualified, Unprepared kids Getting into Our Top Colleges? / John Larew -- Minority Access: A Question of Equity / The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching -- Campus Racism / Walter Williams -- Barriers in the Path of the Non-College-Bound / Anne Lewis -- The Classroom Climate for Women / Bernice Sandler -- Are Girls Shortchanged in School? / Rita Kramer -- Race and the Schooling of Black Americans / Claude Steele -- American Indians in Higher Education: A History of Cultural Conflict / Bobby Wright, William Tierney -- Latino Youths at a Crossroads / Luis Duany, Karen Pittman -- Rich Schools, Poor Schools / Arthur Wise, Tamar Gendler -- Vanishing Dreams of America's Young Families / Marian Edelman -- The New American Family / Lester Thurow. |
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At Issue: Do Men Experience a Huge Rise in Their Standard of Living After Divorce / Lenore Weitzman, Jed Abraham -- The Politics of Family in America / Jewell Handy Gresham -- Liberals, Conservatives, and the Family / Jessica Gress-Wright -- New Start for Head Start / Douglas Besharov -- The Day-Care Reform Juggernaut / Ron Haskins, Hank Brown -- A Fresh Start on Welfare Reform / Barbara Bergmann -- Segregation Forever? / Dan Gillmor, Stephen Doig -- Enterprise Zones Are No Solution for Our Blighted Areas / Sar Levitan, Elizabeth Miller -- Redlining Cities: How Banks Color Community Development / Peter Dreier -- Results from a Chicago Project lead Social Scientists to a Rethinking of the Urban Underclass / Chris Raymond -- Nihilism in Black America: A Danger That Corrodes from Within / Cornel West -- Rescuing the Urban Poor / Thomas Kean -- The Poverty Industry: Do Governments and Charities Create the Poor / Theresa Funiciello -- Self-Help-A Black Tradition / Dorothy Height -- What Health-Care Crisis? / Fred Barnes. |
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Medical Apartheid: An American Perspective / Durado Brooks, David Smith, Ron Anderson -- Women and Health Care: Unneeded Risks / Leonard Abramson -- Hispanic Health in the United States / Council on Scientific Affairs -- Pleading Poverty / Donald Korn -- Paying for Health -- Sir Douglas Black -- What's So Bad About Being Poor? / Charles Murray -- Why "Workfare" Fails / Sarah Gideonse, William Meyers -- A Marshall Plan for America: A Land of Diverse People Living and Working Together / John Jacob -- Reparations for Black Americans / Charles Krauthammer -- Wealth and poverty Revisited / George Gilder -- Pay Equity-Surprising Answers to Hard Questions / Barbara Bergmann -- How is Affirmative Action Like Crop Subsidies? / Gary Becker -- The Great Society Didn't Fail / Margaret Burnham -- Class Struggles / Robert Reinhold -- Don't Be Happy-Worry / Susan Faludi -- Equality: Why We Can't Wait / Adolph Reed Jr., Julian Bond -- The Bishops on the U.S. Economy / James Crotty, James Stormes. |
| Subject |
Equality -- United States.
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Equality. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 1981-2001.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1981-2001 |
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Racism -- United States.
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Racism. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Sexism -- United States.
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Sexism. |
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Racism -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Racism -- Economic aspects. |
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Sexism -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Sexism -- Economic aspects. |
| Indexed Term |
Inequality |
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United States |
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Racism. |
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Sexism. |
| Added Author |
Feiner, Susan.
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| Cover Title |
Race & gender in the American economy |
| ISBN |
0136700926 |
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9780136700920 |
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