| More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City Contributor(s): Wilson, William Julius (Author) |
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ISBN: 039306705X ISBN-13: 9780393067057 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $21.21 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - Social Science | Sociology - Urban |
| Dewey: 305.569 |
| LCCN: 2008051239 |
| Series: Issues of Our Time (Norton Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 6.36" W x 8.46" (0.66 lbs) 190 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A preeminent sociologist of race explains a groundbreaking new framework for understanding racial inequality, challenging both conservative and liberal dogma. 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 policies advocated by today's minority leaders. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilson, William Julius: - William Julius Wilson is a University Professor at Harvard University, president emeritus of the American Sociological Association, and the author of numerous books, including the award-winning The Declining Significance of Race and When Work Disappears. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |