Boundaries of clan and color : transnational comparisons of inter-group disparity / / edited by William Darity, Jr. and Ashwini Deshpande
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| Titolo: |
Boundaries of clan and color : transnational comparisons of inter-group disparity / / edited by William Darity, Jr. and Ashwini Deshpande
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Income distribution |
| Equality - Economic aspects | |
| Ethnic groups - Economic conditions | |
| Race - Economic aspects | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
DarityWilliam A. <1953->
DeshpandeAshwini <1965->
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Boundaries of clan and color: an introduction; 2 Race, gender and regional labor market inequalities in Brazil; 3 Earnings differentials among ethnic groups in Canada; 4 Understanding recent empirical evidence on race and labor market outcomes in the USA; 5 If not reconciliation, then what?; 6 Multiracialism and meritocracy; 7 Recasting economic inequality; 8 The mobility of Japan's Burakumin; 9 Malaysia's New Economic Policy: has it been a success?; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Economic disparity between ethnic and racial groups is a ubiquitous and pervasive phenomenon internationally. Gaps between groups encompass employment, wage, occupational status and wealth differentials. Virtually every nation is comprised of a group whose material well-being is sharply depressed in comparison with another, socially dominant group.This collection is a cross-national, comparative investigation of the patterns and dynamics of inter-group economic inequality. A wide range of respected experts discuss such issues as:*a wide range of groups from the Burakumin in Japan to th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Boundaries of clan and color |
| ISBN: | 1-134-47996-4 |
| 0-429-24223-9 | |
| 1-280-10741-3 | |
| 0-203-98771-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457577103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Advances in social economics.