Race, Poverty, and Domestic Policy

, by Edited by C. Michael Henry; Foreword by James Tobin

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ISBN: 9780300095418 | 0300095414
Cover: Trade Book
Copyright: 11/10/2004

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What explains the continuing hardship of so many black Americans? A distinguished group of scholars analyzes the long, complex structural and environmental causes of discrimination and their effects on African-Americans.

Foreword	p. ix
Editor's Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Historical Overview of Race and Poverty from Reconstruction to 1969	p. 1
Economic Inequality and Income Inequality
From Income Inequality to Economic Inequality	p. 59
Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality: A Cross-National Perspective	p. 83
Issues in Measurement of Inequality and Poverty
Measuring Poverty: Issues and Approaches	p. 99
Medical Spending, Health Insurance, and Measurement of American Poverty	p. 117
Structural Causes of African American Poverty
The Dynamic Racial Composition of the United States	p. 157
The New Geography of Inequality in Urban America	p. 173
The Disparate Racial Neighborhood Impacts of Metropolitan Economic Restructuring	p. 188
Critical Factors Militating Against Black Progress: Retrospect and Prospect
The Demise of a Dinosaur: Analyzing School and Housing Desegregation in Yonkers	p. 221
Suburban Exclusion and the Courts: Can a Class-Based Remedy Reduce Urban Segregation?	p. 242
Civil Rights and the Status of Black Americans in the 1960s and the 1990s	p. 270
Poverty, Racism, and Migration: The Health of the African American Population	p. 311
The American News Media and Public Misperceptions of Race and Poverty	p. 336
The Differential Impact of Skills on Earnings
U.S. Education and Training Policy: A Reevaluation of the Underlying Assumptions Behind the "New Consensus"	p. 367
The Growing Importance of Cognitive Skills in Wage Determination	p. 405
Escalating Differences and Elusive "Skills": Cognitive Abilities and the Explanation of Inequality	p. 431
Earnings of Black and White Youth and Their Relation to Poverty	p. 449
Racial and Familial Hardship: Welfare Benefits and Welfare Reform
Teenage Childbearing and Personal Responsibility: An Alternative View	p. 479
Where Should Teen Mothers Live? What Should We Do About It?	p. 509
Family Allowances and Poverty Among Lone Mother Families in the United States	p. 565
How Much More Can They Work? Setting Realistic Expectations for Welfare Mothers	p. 583
Turning Our Backs on the New Deal: The End of Welfare in 1996	p. 603
Fighting Poverty: Lessons from Recent U.S. History	p. 631
Communal Hardship in Black Residential Areas: Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime, Poverty, and Entrepreneurship	p. 653
Violence and the Inner-City Street Code	p. 670
Economic Development of Black Communities
Minority Business Development Programs: Failure by Design	p. 701
A Social Accounting Matrix Model of Inner-City New Haven: An Alternative Framework for Development	p. 731
List of Contributors	p. 777
Index	p. 779
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