ISBN:
1588261859
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9781588261854
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9781588269522
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1588269523
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 309 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Niemonen, Jack, 1952- Race, class, and the state in contemporary sociology
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Wilson, William J. 1935- Political and social views
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Wilson, William J. 1935-
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Wilson, William J. 1935-
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Wilson, William J
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Wilson, William J
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Wilson, William J Political and social views
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Wilson, William Julius 1935- Political and social views
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Wilson, William Julius 1935-
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Wilson, William Julius 1935-
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Wilson, William J
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African Americans Social conditions
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1975-
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African Americans Economic conditions
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Social classes United States
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Sociology History
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20th century
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United States
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African Americans Social conditions 1975-
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African Americans Economic conditions
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Social classes
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Sociology History 20th century
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Social conditions
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Sociology
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Social classes
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African Americans ; Economic conditions
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Race relations ; Political aspects
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African Americans ; Social conditions
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Political and social views
;
History
;
Race relations
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United States Race relations
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United States Race relations
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Political aspects
;
United States Social conditions
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1980-
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United States Race relations
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Political aspects
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United States Social conditions 1980-
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United States Race relations
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United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The race relations problematic in sociology.Situating Wilson's work --Wilson and the race-class debate today --Wilson and the state --Studying race and class : problems in assessing logical and empirical adequacy.The Reification of race --What is racism? --Confusion compounded : the multicultural movement --Race, class, and the problem of epistemological incoherence --Empirically validating the thesis of the declining significance of race --Inferring causality --Debates surrounding The declining significance of race.Some observations on racial formations --Racial inequality in the aggregate : trends over time --School practices and educational attainment --Earnings attainment --Occupational attainment --Authority attainment --Unions and the Black working class --Black life-chances in the state sector --Race and social-psychological distress --The Truly disadvantaged and when work disappears: critiques.Wilson on the Black underclass --Concentrated poverty --The Spatial mismatch hypothesis and urban labor markets --Disarticulation as a contributing factor to employment hardship --Marital disintegration --A Tangle of pathology? --Violence, delinquency, and crime --Wilson's Achilles' heel : the continuing significance of racially based segregation.Race and place --The Separation of the economic sector from the Sociopolitical Order Revisited --The Complex Motivations underlying the racial structuring of housing markets --Conclusion:A Bridge over the theoretical divide.The Theoretical divide --Bringing back the state --"TheState" defined --Bridging the theoretical divide : twelve propositions --Theory and practice : Wilson on affirmative action.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-298) and index. - Print version record
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781588269522
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https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781588269522
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