The colors of poverty : why racial and ethnic disparities persist / Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lin, Ann Chih.

Harris, David R., 1969-

Series:

National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy

The National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--United States--Cross-cultural studies.

Poor.

Poverty--United States--Cross-cultural studies.

Poverty.

Minorities--United States--Economic conditions.

Minorities.

United States.

Economic conditions.

Minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2008]

Contents:

Why is American poverty still colored in the twenty-first century? / Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris

pt. I: Group identity and group outcomes. The dynamics of discrimination / Devah Page

Justifying inequality : a social psychological analysis of beliefs about poverty and the poor / Heather E. Bullock

How culture matters : enriching our understanding of poverty / Michèle Lamont and Mario Luis Small

pt. II: Nonracial explanations for racial disparities in poverty. How educational inequality develops / George Farkas

Poverty, migration, and health / David R. Williams and Selina A. Mohammed

Can social capital explain persistent racial poverty gaps? / Lincoln Quillian and Rozlyn Redd

pt. III: Policy, race, and poverty : intentions and consequences. Race, place, and poverty revisited / Michael A. Stoll

Place, race, and access to the safety net / Scott W. Allard

Punishment, crime, and poverty / Darren Wheelock and Christopher Uggen

Coloring the terms of membership / Joe Soss and Sanford F. Schram.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

087154539X

9780871545398

OCLC:

213358161