| Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations, Revised Edition Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schuman, Howard (Author), Steeh, Charlotte (Author), Bobo, Lawrence D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674745698 ISBN-13: 9780674745698 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $42.57 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: This new edition brings fully up-to-date a book widely praised for its clear and objective presentation of changes in American racial attitudes during the second half of the twentieth century. The book retains the division of racial attitudes into principles of equality, government implementation of those principles, and social distance, but adds questions concerning affirmative action and beliefs about sources of inequality. A conceptual section now opens the book, evidence on social desirability has been added, and a new chapter deals with cohort effects and with the impact of income, education, and gender. In key instances, randomized experiments are introduced that test hypotheses more rigorously than is ordinarily possible with survey data. Throughout, the authors have reconsidered earlier ideas and introduced new thinking. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Minority Studies - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.896 |
| LCCN: 97-27071 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.9" W x 10" (1.60 lbs) 274 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This new edition brings fully up-to-date a book widely praised for its clear and objective presentation of changes in American racial attitudes during the second half of the twentieth century. The book retains the division of racial attitudes into principles of equality, government implementation of those principles, and social distance, but adds questions concerning affirmative action and beliefs about sources of inequality. A conceptual section now opens the book, evidence on social desirability has been added, and a new chapter deals with cohort effects and with the impact of income, education, and gender. In key instances, randomized experiments are introduced that test hypotheses more rigorously than is ordinarily possible with survey data. Throughout, the authors have reconsidered earlier ideas and introduced new thinking. |
Contributor Bio(s): Steeh, Charlotte: - Charlotte Steeh is Researcher in Survey Methodology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.Krysan, Maria: - Maria Krysan is Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Schuman, Howard: - Howard Schuman is Professor of Sociology and Research Scientist, Emeritus, at the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center. |