Description |
1 online resource (x, 309 pages) |
Contents |
The race relations problematic in sociology. Situating Wilson's work -- Wilson and the race-class debate today -- Wilson and the state -- Studying race and class : problems in assessing logical and empirical adequacy. The Reification of race -- What is racism? -- Confusion compounded : the multicultural movement -- Race, class, and the problem of epistemological incoherence -- Empirically validating the thesis of the declining significance of race -- Inferring causality -- Debates surrounding The declining significance of race. Some observations on racial formations -- Racial inequality in the aggregate : trends over time -- School practices and educational attainment -- Earnings attainment -- Occupational attainment -- Authority attainment -- Unions and the Black working class -- Black life-chances in the state sector -- Race and social-psychological distress -- The Truly disadvantaged and when work disappears: critiques. Wilson on the Black underclass -- Concentrated poverty -- The Spatial mismatch hypothesis and urban labor markets -- Disarticulation as a contributing factor to employment hardship -- Marital disintegration -- A Tangle of pathology? -- Violence, delinquency, and crime -- Wilson's Achilles' heel : the continuing significance of racially based segregation. Race and place -- The Separation of the economic sector from the Sociopolitical Order Revisited -- The Complex Motivations underlying the racial structuring of housing markets -- Conclusion: A Bridge over the theoretical divide. The Theoretical divide -- Bringing back the state -- "The State" defined -- Bridging the theoretical divide : twelve propositions -- Theory and practice : Wilson on affirmative action |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-298) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Wilson, William J., 1935- -- Political and social views
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Wilson, William J., 1935- Declining significance of race
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Wilson, William J., 1935- Truly disadvantaged
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SUBJECT |
Wilson, William J., 1935- fast |
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
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African Americans -- Economic conditions.
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Social classes -- United States
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Sociology -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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African Americans -- Economic conditions
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African Americans -- Social conditions
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Political and social views
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Race relations
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Race relations -- Political aspects
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Social classes
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Social conditions
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Sociology
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SUBJECT |
United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
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United States
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1588261859 |
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9781588261854 |
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9781588269522 |
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1588269523 |
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