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Prismatic metropolis : inequality in Los Angeles / Lawrence D. Bobo ... [and others], editors.

Van Pelt Library HN79.C22 L677 2000
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Bobo, Lawrence.
Series:
Multi city study of urban inequality
A volume in the multi-city study of urban inequality
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Demographic surveys.
Equality.
Minorities.
Economic conditions.
Social conditions.
Discrimination in employment.
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Social conditions.
Los Angeles County (Calif.).
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Economic conditions.
Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Race relations.
Discrimination in employment--California--Los Angeles County.
Minorities--California--Los Angeles County--Social conditions.
Minorities--California--Los Angeles County--Economic conditions.
Equality--California--Los Angeles County.
Demographic surveys--California--Los Angeles County.
California--Los Angeles County.
Physical Description:
xiii, 611 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2000]
Contents:
Part I Introduction: Foundations of a Prismatic Metropolis
Chapter 1 Analyzing Inequality in Los Angeles / Lawrence D. Bobo, Melvin L. Oliver, James H. Johnson Jr., Abel Valenzuela Jr. 3
Chapter 2 A Demographic Portrait of Los Angeles County, 1970 to 1990 / David M. Grant 51
Chapter 3 Racial Attitudes in a Prismatic Metropolis: Mapping Identity, Stereotypes, Competition, and Views on Affirmative Action / Lawrence D. Bobo, Devon Johnson 81
Part II Opportunities Divided: Race, Space, and Gender in Los Angeles
Chapter 4 Residential Segregation in Los Angeles / Camille Zubrinsky Charles 167
Chapter 5 Racial Differences in Labor Force Participation and Long-Term Joblessness Among Less-Educated Men / Michael I. Lichter, Melvin L. Oliver 220
Chapter 6 Latino Earnings Inequality: Immigrant and Native-Born Differences / Abel Valenzuela Jr., Elizabeth Gonzalez 249
Chapter 7 A Protected Niche? Immigrant Ethnic Economies and Labor Market Segmentation / Tarry Hum 279
Chapter 8 African American Males in Decline: A Los Angeles Case Study / James H. Johnson Jr., Walter C. Farrell Jr., Jennifer A. Stoloff 315
Chapter 9 Child Care as Poverty Policy: the Effect of Child Care on Work and Family Poverty / Julie E. Press 338
Chapter 10 Bridging Social Networks and Female Labor Force Participation in a Multiethnic Metropolis / James H. Johnson Jr., Elisa Jayne Bienenstock, Walter C. Farrell Jr., Jennifer L. Glanville 383
Chapter 11 Search, Discrimination, and the Travel to Work / Michael A. Stoll 417
Chapter 12 Spatial Mismatch or More of a Mishmash? Multiple Jeopardy and the Journey to Work / Julie E. Press 453
Part III Understanding Processes of Discrimination
Chapter 13 Racial Attitudes and Power in the Workplace: Do the Haves Differ from the Have-Nots? / Lawrence D. Bobo, Devon Johnson, Susan A. Suh 491
Chapter 14 Surveying Racial Discrimination: Analyses from a Multiethnic Labor Market / Lawrence D. Bobo, Susan A. Suh 523
Chapter 15 Women's Perceptions of Workplace Discrimination: Impacts of Racial Group, Gender, and Class / Susan A. Suh 561.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0871541297
OCLC:
43569209

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