03222nam 2200781Ia 450 991045555730332120211216044003.01-317-16407-51-282-38286-197866123828640-7546-9914-59780754699149(electronic bk.)(CKB)1000000000807992(EBL)476404(OCoLC)609853060(SSID)ssj0000358063(PQKBManifestationID)11254518(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000358063(PQKBWorkID)10359501(PQKB)10915557(MiAaPQ)EBC476404(MiAaPQ)EBC5293595(Au-PeEL)EBL476404(CaPaEBR)ebr10350120(CaONFJC)MIL924920(Au-PeEL)EBL5293595(CaONFJC)MIL238286(OCoLC)646871430(EXLCZ)99100000000080799220090807d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrComing to terms with chance engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage /by Oscar H. Gandy JrFarnham Ashgatec20091 online resource (viii, 240 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-7961-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Luck, Risk, and Life Chances; 3 The Natural Lottery and our Genetic Endowments; 4 Rational Discrimination; 5 Markets that Matter; 6 Financial Risk and Insurance; 7 The Criminal Justice System; 8 Public Policy Formation and Evaluation; 9 The Media's Role; 10 "Quixotics Unite!" A Call to Arms; Bibliography; IndexThe application of probability and statistics to an ever-widening number of life-decisions serves to reproduce, reinforce, and widen disparities in the quality of life that different groups of people can enjoy. As a critical technology assessment, the ways in which bad luck early in life increase the probability that hardship and loss will accumulate across the life course are illustrated. Analysis shows the ways in which individual decisions, informed by statistical models, shape the opportunities people face in both market and non-market environments.DiscriminationSocial stratificationStatisticsSocial aspectsChanceSocial aspectsstatisticsengeurovochuman developmentengeurovocsocial sciencesengeurovocElectronic books.Discrimination.Social stratification.StatisticsSocial aspects.ChanceSocial aspects.statisticshuman developmentsocial sciences305.5/1228.08.12EP-CLASSGandy Oscar H1069368MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455557303321Coming to terms with chance2555323UNINA