Leading issues in Black political economy / Thomas D. Boston, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boston, Thomas D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Economic conditions.

African Americans.

African Americans--Economic conditions--Forecasting.

African American business enterprises.

Race relations.

Forecasting.

United States--Economic conditions--1945-.

United States.

Economic conditions.

United States--Race relations--Economic aspects.

Physical Description:

xii, 516 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Publishers, [2002]

Contents:

Employment, Training and Education

2. The Declining Social and Economic Fortunes of African American Males: A Critical Assessment of Four Perspectives / James H. Johnson, Jr., Walter C. Farrell, Jr., Jennifer A. Stoloff 15

3. Economics Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Rankings and Effects on the Supply of Black Economists / Jacqueline Agesa, Maury Granger, Gregory N. Price 39

4. Worker Re-training and Labor Market Outcomes: A New Focus for Labor Research Published in The Review of Black Political Economy / James B. Stewart 53

5. Employment and Training Solutions for the Economically Disadvantaged: An Essay / Bernard E. Anderson 75

Minority Business Development

6. Long-Term Trends and Prospects for Black-Owned Businesses / Andrew F. Brimmer 85

7. Minority Business Formation and Survival: Evidence on Business Performance and Viability / Jan E. Christopher 103

8. What Determines Exports of Black-Owned Enterprises? / N. Frank Ekanem, Charlie E. Mahone, Jr. 139

9. Is the U.S. Small Business Administration a Racist Institution? / Timothy Bates 155

Income Inequality

10. Race, Cognitive Skills, Psychological Capital and Wages / Arthur H. Goldsmith, William Darity, Jr., Jonathan R. Veum 173

11. Determinants of Regional Income Distribution in the U.S. South, 1980-1990: Roles of Net Migration and Human Capital Accumulation / Octavian Ngarambe, Stephan J. Goetz 187

12. Assessing the Effect of the Occupational Crowding of Immigrants on the Real Wages of African American Workers / Lonnie K. Stevans 201

13. On the Permanence or Impermanence of Black-White Economic Inequality / Jeremiah Cotton 211

14. The Shadow of the Future and the Complexity of Cooperation / John W. Handy 221

Economic History and Public Policy

15. W.E.B. DuBois As Economic Analyst: Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Negro / Lynn C. Burbridge 241

16. No More Servants in the House / Beth T. Bates 261

17. The Economics of Racism / Marcus Alexis 279

18. Reparations and Public Policy / Richard F. America 305

Health, Welfare and Development

19. 21st Century Pollination: Federal Housing and Health Policies / Wilhelmina A. Leigh 315

20. Black Infant Health: Where to in the 21st Century? / Geoffrey Warner 331

21. Economic Community of West African States: From an Economic Union to a Peacekeeping Mission? / E. Ike Udogu 357

22. Development Prospects and Policy for Africa: Structural Adjustment and Beyond / Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. 377

Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Public Policy

23. How Does It Feel to be Free?: Reflections on Black-White Economic Inequality in the Era of "Color-Blind" Law / Rhonda M. Williams, William E. Spriggs 397

24. Is There Discrimination in Mortgage Lending? What Does the Research Tell Us? / Harold A. Black 411

25. Another Look at Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Review of Findings / Thomas D. Boston, Usha Nair-Reichert, Willie Belton, Haizheng Li 419

26. Black Male Employment and Tight Labor Markets / Robert Cherry 441

27. Cooperative Economics

A Community Revitalization Strategy / Curtis Haynes, Jr., Jessica Gordon Nembhard 457

28. Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action to Economic Empowerment / Sherri Leronda Wallace 483.

Notes:

Originally published as Spring 1998 of the Review of Black political economy, Vol. 25, No. 4; Summer/Fall/Winter/Spring 1998/1999 of the Review of Black political economy, Vol. 26, No. 1/2/3/4 and Summer 1999, Vol. 27, No. 1.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0765807599

OCLC:

47717989