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More Than Just Race Pa

ISBN: 9780393337631 | 0393337634
Edition: 00
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: W W NORTON
Pub. Date: 3/17/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, 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. Wilson dares to consider both institutional and cultural factors as causes of the persistence of racial inequality. He reaches the controversial... MORE
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Structural and Cultural Forces That Contribute to Racial Inequalityp. 1
The Forces Shaping Concentrated Povertyp. 25
The Economic Plight of Inner-City Black Malesp. 62
The Fragmentation of the Poor Black Familyp. 95
Framing the Issues: Uniting Structure and Culturep. 133
Notesp. 156
Indexp. 177
Table of... MORE
William Julius Wilson is a University Professor at Harvard, a past president 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.


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