Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy - Comparing the USA and UK (Hardcover, New)

This major comparative study of the social mobility of ethnic minorities in the US and UK argues that social mobility must be understood as a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon, incorporating the wealth and income of groups, but also their political power and social recognition. Written by leading sociologists, economists, political scientists, geographers, and philosophers in both countries, the volume addresses issues as diverse as education, work and employment, residential concentration, political mobilisation, public policy and social networks, while drawing larger lessons about the meaning of race and inequality in the two countries. While finding that there are important similarities in the experience of ethnic, and especially immigrant, groups in the two countries, the volume also concludes that the differences between the US and UK, especially in the case of American blacks, are equally important.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Glenn C. Loury • Tariq Modood • Steven M. Teles
Dimensions:	235 x 163 x 46mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	660
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-82309-8
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
LSN:	0-521-82309-9
Barcode:	9780521823098

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