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Title The colors of poverty : why racial and ethnic disparities persist / Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris, editors
Published New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Series National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy
National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy.
Contents Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Why Is American Poverty Still Colored in the Twenty-First Century? / Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris; Part I -- Group Identity and Group Outcomes; Chapter 2 -- The Dynamics of Discrimination / Devah Pager; Chapter 3 -- Justifying Inequality: A Social Psychological Analysis about Poverty and the Poor / Heather E. Bullock; Chapter 4 -- How Culture Matters: Enriching Our Understanding of Poverty / Michèle Lamont and Mario Luis Small; Part II -- Nonracial Explanations for Racial Disparities in Poverty
Chapter 5 -- How Educational Inequality Develops / George Farkas Chapter 6 -- Poverty, Migration, and Health / David R. Williams and Selina A. Mohammed; Chapter 7 -- Can Social Capital Explain Persistent Racial Poverty Gaps? / Lincoln Quillian and Rozlyn Redd; Part III -- Policy, Race, and Poverty: Intentions and Consequences; Chapter 8 -- Race, Place, and Poverty Revisited / Michael A. Stoll; Chapter 9 -- Place, Race, and Access to the Safety Net / Scott W. Allard; Chapter 10 -- Punishment, Crime, and Poverty / Darren Wheelock and Christopher Uggen
Chapter 11 -- Coloring the Terms of Membership / Joe Soss and Sanford F. SchramIndex
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 1, 2015)
Subject Minorities -- United States -- Social conditions
Minorities -- United States -- Economic conditions
Poverty -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
Poor -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Minorities -- Economic conditions
Minorities -- Social conditions
Poor
Poverty
United States
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Harris, David R., 1969- editor.
Lin, Ann Chih, editor.
ISBN 9781610447249
1610447247