Inequality in America :
Series: Dilemmas in american politics Physical details: xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. ISBN:9780813344980 (pbk.); 0813344980 (pbk.).Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book | Logos International School | 305.5 CAL (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 39036171 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-256) and index.
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.
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.
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