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Title:

Our compelling interests : the value of diversity for democracy and a prosperous society / edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Cultural pluralism--Political aspects--United States.
Cultural pluralism--Economic aspects--United States.
Democracy--Social aspects--United States.
Civil society--United States.
Political sociology.

Other Authors:

Lewis, Earl, editor.
Cantor, Nancy, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the value of diversity for democracy and a prosperous society / Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor -- The "diversity explosion" is America's twenty-first-century baby boom / William H. Frey -- Less separate, still unequal : diversity and equality in "post-civil rights" America / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Toward a connected society / Danielle Allen -- The economic value of diversity / Anthony Carnevale and Nicole Smith -- The diversity of diversity / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Group interactions in building a connected society / Patricia Gurin -- Diversity and institutional life : levels and objects / Ira Katznelson -- Diversity as a strategic advantage : a sociodemographic perspective / Marta Tienda.

Series:

Our compelling interests

ISBN:

0691170487 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691170480 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)930255942

LCCN:

2016023185

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)