Race and Social Problems Restructuring Inequality /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bangs, Ralph (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Davis, Larry E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Social work.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Social Work.; Sociology, general.

As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal. People of color consistently lag behind their white counterparts in key quality-of-life areas. Despite many significant gains, widespread structural inequalities continue to exist-...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Introduction
• America's Racial Realities
• Do Current Race and Ethnicity Concepts Reflect a Changing America?
• Intergroup Dialogue: Race Still Matters
• Part II: Economics
• Wealth Building in Communities of Color
• Recent Employment Trends Among Black Men and Their Policy Implications
• Challenging the Conventional Understanding of American Poverty
• Part III: Education
• Interventions to Address Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline: Can Systems Reform be Race-Neutral?
• Exploring, Understanding and Closing the Achievement Gap(s): Efforts from Harlem to Homewood
• High School Quality and Race Differences in College Achievement
• Part IV: Special Topics: Family Matters: Strengthening the Fabric of Minority Families
• Aging and Health in Mexican Americans: Selected Findings from the Hispanic EPESE
• Racial Disproportionality in Prison
• Resetting Race
• Part V: Health: Disparities in Health Care for Minorities: An Ecological Perspective
• Considering the Role of Social Determinants of Health in Black-White Breast Cancer Disparities
• Understanding and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity
• Mental Health Indicators for African American Males.