Iceland Race and Ethnicity in America

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-520-96197-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 216 Seiten

Reihe: Sociology in the Twenty-First Century

Race and Ethnicity in America examines patterns and trends in racial and ethnic inequality over recent decades. John Iceland shows how color lines have generally softened over time in the United States but deep-seated inequalities remain—generally, blacks, American Indians, and some Hispanics fare less well than others. Among these groups, the underlying causes of the disadvantages vary, ranging from the legacy of racism, current discrimination, differences of human capital, the unfolding process of immigrant incorporation, and cultural responses to structural conditions. Throughout the book, Iceland also demonstrates that the ways Americans define racial and ethnic groups, along with changing patterns of identification in the U.S. population, influence our understanding of patterns and trends in racial and ethnic inequality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Iceland, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations and Tables
Acknowledgments

1. Conversations about Race
2. Race and Ethnicity and Causes of Inequality
3. Black-White Inequality
4. Hispanics and Asians
5. American Indians
6. The Multiracial Population
7. International Comparisons and Policy Debates
8. Conclusion: American Color Lines

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

IcelandJohn:
John Iceland is Head of the Department of Sociology at Penn State University.