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Title:

The colors of poverty : why racial and ethnic disparities persist / Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris, editors.

Publisher:

Russell Sage Foundation,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

331 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Poor--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
Poverty--United States--Cross-cultural studies.
Minorities--United States--Economic conditions.
Minorities--United States--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Lin, Ann Chih.
Harris, David R., 1969-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Why is American poverty still colored in the twenty-first century? / Ann Chih Lin and David R. Harris -- pt. I: Group identity and group outcomes. The dynamics of discrimination / Devah Page -- Justifying inequality : a social psychological analysis of beliefs about poverty and the poor / Heather E. Bullock -- How culture matters : enriching our understanding of poverty / Michèle Lamont and Mario Luis Small -- pt. II: Nonracial explanations for racial disparities in poverty. How educational inequality develops / George Farkas -- Poverty, migration, and health / David R. Williams and Selina A. Mohammed -- Can social capital explain persistent racial poverty gaps? / Lincoln Quillian and Rozlyn Redd -- pt. III: Policy, race, and poverty : intentions and consequences. Race, place, and poverty revisited / Michael A. Stoll -- Place, race, and access to the safety net / Scott W. Allard -- Punishment, crime, and poverty / Darren Wheelock and Christopher Uggen -- Coloring the terms of membership / Joe Soss and Sanford F. Schram.

Series:

The National Poverty Center series on poverty and public policy

ISBN:

9780871545398
087154539X

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213358161

LCCN:

2008010269

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)