Caliendo, Stephen M.,  1971- <br/><br/>
Inequality in America :  race, poverty, and fulfilling democracy's promise / 
Stephen M. Caliendo. 
 - xviii, 270 pages :  illustrations ;  23 cm. 
 - Dilemmas in american politics .
 - Dilemmas in american politics. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-256) and index. 
<br/><br/>epresentation and the Roots of Inequality -- Income and Wealth -- Housing -- Education -- Crime and Employment -- Health -- Gender -- Affirmative Action -- Conclusion: The Space between Power and Powerlessness. 
<br/><br/> Takes an in-depth look at individual-level and systemic inequality, focusing in particular on race, poverty, and gender, across a wide range of issues from housing and education to crime, employment and health. Caliendo shows how individual-level prejudice and systemic inequality are interrelated, how individual beliefs and attitudes can affect public opinion and lawmakers' policy solutions and how systemic barriers to advancement as a result of these policies then contribute to individual perceptions, creating a cycle of disadvantage and advantage that can be difficult to break, though not impossible. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813344980 (pbk.) 0813344980 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014001820 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Equality--United States.<br/>Social stratification--United States.<br/>Power (Social sciences)--United States.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Civil Rights.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.<br/>Equality.<br/>Power (Social sciences)<br/>Social stratification.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN90.S6  / C35 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.5/120973 305.5/120973