Boundaries of clan and color : transnational comparisons of inter-group disparity / / edited by William Darity, Jr. and Ashwini Deshpande

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.6
• Soggetto topico: Income distribution; Equality - Economic aspects; Ethnic groups - Economic conditions; Race - Economic aspects
• Altri autori: DarityWilliam A. <1953-> DeshpandeAshwini <1965->
• 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: 1-134-47995-6; 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.: 9910825890603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in social economics.