ISBN:
0275957691
,
0275957799
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 303 p)
,
24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Survival of the African American Family : The Institutional Impact of U.S. Social Policy
DDC:
306.85/089/96073
Keywords:
African Americans Social conditions 1975-
;
African American families Government policy
;
African American families
;
Family policy
;
United States Social policy 1993-
;
United States Race relations
;
Political aspects
Abstract:
Challenging widely held beliefs, this provocative book offers nothing less than a blueprint for enhancing the social and economic status of African American families. Despite the implementation of liberal social policies in the 1960s and '70s, successive U.S. administrations continue to dash the hopes and expectations of African Americans, who remain subject to racism and discrimination. Arguing that social policies--and their absence--have affected the stability of the African American family, Jewell refutes the myth of significant progress for African American families emanating from the civ
Description / Table of Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Policy and African American Family Structure; 3 Informal Social Support Systems; 4 The Era of Liberal Social Policy; 5 The Impact of Social and Economic Gains on African American Families; 6 Expectations versus Realization; 7 The 1980s: A Period of Social Conservatism and Social Reawakening; 8 A Reaffirmation of Institutional Exclusivity: Removing the Facade; 9 The 1990s The Decade of Demystification; 10 The Turbulent Twenty First Century; 11 The Future of Social Policy and the African American Family; Family
Description / Table of Contents:
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Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-292) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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