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1 online resource (x, 309 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-298) and index. |
| Contents |
Race relations problematic in sociology. Situating Wilson's work -- Wilson and the race-class debate today -- Wilson and the state -- Studying race and class : problems in assessing logical and empirical adequacy. Reification of race -- What is racism? -- Confusion compounded : the multicultural movement -- Race, class, and the problem of epistemological incoherence -- Empirically validating the thesis of the declining significance of race -- Inferring causality -- Debates surrounding The declining significance of race. Some observations on racial formations -- Racial inequality in the aggregate : trends over time -- School practices and educational attainment -- Earnings attainment -- Occupational attainment -- Authority attainment -- Unions and the Black working class -- Black life-chances in the state sector -- Race and social-psychological distress -- Truly disadvantaged and when work disappears: critiques. Wilson on the Black underclass -- Concentrated poverty -- Spatial mismatch hypothesis and urban labor markets -- Disarticulation as a contributing factor to employment hardship -- Marital disintegration -- A Tangle of pathology? -- Violence, delinquency, and crime -- Wilson's Achilles' heel : the continuing significance of racially based segregation. Race and place -- Separation of the economic sector from the Sociopolitical Order Revisited -- Complex Motivations underlying the racial structuring of housing markets -- Conclusion: A Bridge over the theoretical divide. Theoretical divide -- Bringing back the state -- "The State" defined -- Bridging the theoretical divide : twelve propositions -- Theory and practice : Wilson on affirmative action. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Wilson, William J., 1935- -- Political and social views.
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Wilson, William J., 1935- |
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Political and social views. |
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Wilson, William J., 1935- Declining significance of race.
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Wilson, William J., 1935- Truly disadvantaged.
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Wilson, William Julius, 1935- -- Political and social views. |
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Wilson, William Julius, 1935- Declining significance of race. |
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Wilson, William Julius, 1935- Truly disadvantaged. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States. |
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Race relations. |
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United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects.
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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1975- |
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020.
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Social classes -- United States.
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Social classes. |
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Sociology -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Sociology. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Niemonen, Jack, 1952- Race, class, and the state in contemporary sociology. Boulder, Colo. : L. Rienner, 2002 1588260100 (DLC) 2001058462 (OCoLC)48559119 |
| ISBN |
1588261859 (electronic book) |
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9781588261854 (electronic book) |
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9781588269522 (e-book) |
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1588269523 (e-book) |
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9781588260109 |
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