Beyond the color line : new perspectives on race and ethnicity in America /

Twenty-five essays covering a range of areas from religion and immigration to family structure and crime examine America's changing racial and ethnic scene. They clearly show that old civil rights strategies will not solve today's problems and offer a bold new civil rights agenda based on...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Thernstrom, Abigail M., 1936-2020, Thernstrom, Stephan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University : Manhattan Institute, [2002]
Colección:Hoover Institution Press publication ; 479.
Temas:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Minorities > United States > Social conditions.
Minorities > Government policy > United States.
Minorités > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Ethnic relations
Minorities > Government policy
Minorities > Social conditions
Race relations
Nationale Minderheit
Ethnische Beziehungen
Soziale Situation
Aufsatzsammlung
United States > Race relations.
United States > Ethnic relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Relations interethniques.
United States
USA
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The demography of racial and ethnic groups / Stephan Thernstrom
  • Immigration and group relations / Reed Ueda
  • What Americans think about race and ethnicity / Everett C. Ladd
  • Wrestling with stigma / Shelby Steele
  • Residential segregation trends / William A.V. Clark
  • African American marriage patterns / Douglas J. Besharov and Andrew West
  • Crime / James Q. Wilson
  • Health and medical care / Sally Satel
  • Supporting black churches / John J. DiIulio Jr.
  • Discrimination, economics, and culture / Thomas Sowell
  • Half full or half empty? The changing economic status of African Americans, 1967-1996 / Finis Welch
  • Discrimination in public contracting / George R. La Noue
  • Desegregation and resegregation in the public schools / David J. Armor and Christine H. Rossell
  • The racial gap in academic achievement / Abigail Thernstrom
  • Schools that work for minority students / Clint Bolick
  • Preferential admissions in higher education / Martin Trow
  • Racial and ethnic classifications in American law / Eugene Volokh.
  • Illusions of antidiscrimination law / Nelson Lund
  • Race, ethnicity, and politics in American history / Michael Barone
  • The politics of racial preferences / David Brady
  • From protest to politics: still an issue for black leadership / Tamar Jacoby
  • The new politics of Hispanic assimilation / Linda Chavez
  • In defense of Indian rights / William J. Lawrence
  • The battle for color-blind public policy / C. Robert Zelnick
  • One nation, indivisible / Ward Connerly.

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