Shaping race policy : the United States in comparative perspective /

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Shaping Race Policy investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing the United States today: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Unlike other books on the topic, it is comparative, examining American developments alongside parallel histories of r...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lieberman, Robert C., 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Series:Princeton studies in American politics.
Subjects:
African Americans > Government policy.
Minorities > Government policy > United States.
Welfare state > United States.
Manpower policy > United States.
Noirs américains > Politique gouvernementale.
État providence > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
African Americans > Government policy
Manpower policy
Minorities > Government policy
Race relations > Political aspects
Social policy
Welfare state
Minderheitenfrage
Ethnische Beziehungen
Rassenpolitik
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Configurations of race and state : the politics of racial incorporation
  • Legacies of slavery and colonialism : race and the politics of social reform
  • The roots of welfare incorporation
  • Postwar transformations of race and state
  • Encounters with the welfare state : Social Security and social insurance
  • Encounters with the welfare state : public assistance and "welfare"
  • The development of employment discrimination policy
  • Weak state, strong policy : paradoxes of antidiscrimination policy
  • Toward a color-blind future : varieties of color blindness and the future of race policy.

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