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The political economy of racism : the persistence of anti-Blackness in the United States / Michelle Holder & Jeannette Wicks-Lim.
Van Pelt Library E185.615 .H643 2026
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Holder, Michelle, author.
- Wicks-Lim, Jeannette, 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race discrimination--United States.
- Race discrimination.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- Racism against Black people--United States--History.
- Racism against Black people.
- African Americans--Social conditions.
- African Americans.
- Capitalism--United States--History.
- Capitalism.
- African Americans--Economic conditions.
- Race relations--Economic aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Polity Press Ltd., 2026.
- Summary:
- Why does racial inequality in America persist? In this important book, Michelle Holder and Jeanette Wicks-Lim answer this question by introducing readers to the innovative field of stratification economics. Stratification economics offers an antidote to conventional economics' hyper-focus on individuals and disregard for how politics shapes the economy. It spotlights how groups - such as racial groups - compete to gain favorable positions in society through political and economic domination. The book fuses stratification economics with intersectional theory to illuminate how gender and ethnicity intertwine with racial oppression. Holder and Wicks-Lim argue that anti-Black racism developed and persists because it protects the interests of a politically dominant social group: White Americans. This argument is demonstrated across multiple arenas: education, employment, wealth, and the criminal legal system. Policy intervention - through government action spurred by social movements- is necessary for achieving racial equity.
- Contents:
- Part 1 How We Use Stratification Economics to Analyze Anti-Blackness in the United States Introduction The Construction of Race and the Origins of Racism in the United States Afro-Latinxs and Anti-Blackness An Intersectional Approach to Stratification Economics Part 2 Demonstrating How Anti-Blackness Stratifies the US Economy Primer to Part II Education: Unequal Access, Unequal Outcomes Unemployment, Occupational Crowding, Wage Inequality, and Anti-Blackness in the Labor Market Wealth Attainment and Anti-Blackness: The Case of Black Women The Criminal Legal System: Hardening the Racial Divide Conclusion
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781509547081
- 1509547088
- 9781509547098
- 1509547096
- OCLC:
- 1519662396
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000323820
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