Race and social problems [electronic resource] : restructuring inequality / Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis, editors.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[2015]
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Race and Social Problems: Restructuring Inequality |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Part I Introduction: America's racial realities / Ralph Bangs and Larry E. Davis
- Do current race and ethnicity concepts reflect a changing America? / Karen Humes and Howard Hogan
- Intergroup dialogue: race still matters / Patricia Gurin, Nicholas Sorensen, Gretchen E. Lopez, and Brian (Ratnesh) A. Nagda
- Part II Economics: Wealth building in cummunities of color / Trina R. Williams Shanks, Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, and Robert Wynn
- Recent employment trends among black men and their policy implications / Harry J. Holzer
- Challenging the conventional understading of American poverty / Mark R. Rank
- Part III Education: Interventions to address racial/ethnic disparities in school discipline: can systems reform be race-neutral? / Russell J. Skiba
- Exploring, understanding, and closing the achievement gap(s): efforts from Harlem to Homewood / John M. Wallace
- High school quality and race differences in college achievement / Jason M. Fletcher and Marta Tienda
- Part IV Special topics: Family matters: strengthening the fabric of minority families / Ruth G. McRoy and Amy J. Griffin
- Aging and health in Mexican Americans: selected findings from the Hispanic EPESE / Kyriakos S. Markides, Raphael Samper-Ternent, and Soham Al Snih
- Racial disproportionality in prison / Alfred Blumstein
- Resetting race / David Kennedy
- Part V Health and mental health: Disparities in health care for minorities: an ecological perspective / Jeannette E. South-Paul
- Considering the role of social determinants of health in black-white breast cancer disparities / Darrell L. Hudson and Sarah Gehlert
- Understanding and addressing racial/ethnic disparities in obesity / Monica L. Baskin
- Mental health indicators for African American males / Oscar A. Barbarin and Emma Sterrett.