Coming to Terms with Chance : Engaging Rational Discrimination and Cumulative Disadvantage.

The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gandy, Oscar H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2009.
Temas:
Discrimination.
Social stratification.
Statistics > Social aspects.
Chance > Social aspects.
Stratification sociale.
Hasard > Aspect social.
Statistique > Aspect social.
social stratification.
Discrimination
Social stratification
Communication & Mass Media.
Social Change.
Sociology & Social History.
Journalism & Communications.
Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (249 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780754699149
0754699145

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