Spheres of influence : the social ecology of racial and class inequality / Douglas S. Massey and Stefanie Brodmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massey, Douglas S., author.

Brodmann, Stefanie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Race.

Social classes.

Physical Description:

xi, 435 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2014]

Summary:

The black-white divide has long haunted the United States as a driving force behind social inequality. Yet, the civil rights movement, the increase in immigration, and the restructuring of the economy in favor of the rich over the last several decades have begun to alter the contours of inequality. Spheres of Influence presents a rigorous new study of the intersections or racial and class disparities today. By advancing an ecological model of human development that considers the dynamics of race and class across multiple social spheres, Spheres of Influence sheds important light on the factors that are currently driving inequality today. Book jacket.

Contents:

The social ecology of human development

Divergent family spheres

Other spheres of influence

Risky reproduction

Ecology under the skin

Human capital formation

Crime and delinquency

Transitions to adulthood

What if? a counterfactual analysis

The ecology of inequality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780871546432

0871546434

OCLC:

862149145