Explaining ethnic differences : changing patterns of disadvantage in Britain / edited by David Mason.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mason, David, 1948 January 8-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic groups--Great Britain.

Ethnic groups.

Race discrimination--Great Britain.

Race discrimination.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Race relations.

Race relations.

Great Britain--Ethnic relations.

Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

vii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy, 2003.

Contents:

2 Changing ethnic disadvantage: an overview / David Mason 9

3 The demographic characteristics of people from minority ethnic groups in Britain / David Owen 21

4 Ethnic differentials in educational performance / Tariq Modood 53

5 Changing patterns of ethnic disadvantage in employment / David Mason 69

6 Patterns of and explanations for ethnic inequalities in health / James Y. Nazroo 87

7 Housing black and minority ethnic communities: diversity and constraint / Malcolm Harrison 105

8 'All the women are white, all the blacks are men

but some of us are brave': mapping the consequences of invisibility for black and minority ethnic women in Britain / Heidi Safia Mirza 121

9 Police lore and community disorder: diversity in the criminal justice system / Virinder S. Kalra 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-176) and index.

ISBN:

1861344678

OCLC:

52288528