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Shaping race policy : the United States in comparative perspective / Robert C. Lieberman.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton studies in American politicsPublication details: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 311 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400837465
  • 1400837464
  • 1283134691
  • 9781283134699
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shaping race policy.DDC classification:
  • 323.173 22
LOC classification:
  • E184.A1 L478 2007eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Configurations of race and state : the politics of racial incorporation -- Legacies of slavery and colonialism : race and the politics of social reform -- The roots of welfare incorporation -- Postwar transformations of race and state -- Encounters with the welfare state : Social Security and social insurance -- Encounters with the welfare state : public assistance and "welfare" -- The development of employment discrimination policy -- Weak state, strong policy : paradoxes of antidiscrimination policy -- Toward a color-blind future : varieties of color blindness and the future of race policy.
Summary: Shaping Race Policy investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing the United States today: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Unlike other books on the topic, it is comparative, examining American developments alongside parallel histories of race policy in Great Britain and France. Focusing on on two key policy areas, welfare and employment, the book asks why America has had such uneven success at incorporating African Americans and other minorities into the full benefits of citizenship. Robert Lieberman explores the historical roots of.
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Configurations of race and state : the politics of racial incorporation -- Legacies of slavery and colonialism : race and the politics of social reform -- The roots of welfare incorporation -- Postwar transformations of race and state -- Encounters with the welfare state : Social Security and social insurance -- Encounters with the welfare state : public assistance and "welfare" -- The development of employment discrimination policy -- Weak state, strong policy : paradoxes of antidiscrimination policy -- Toward a color-blind future : varieties of color blindness and the future of race policy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Shaping Race Policy investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing the United States today: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Unlike other books on the topic, it is comparative, examining American developments alongside parallel histories of race policy in Great Britain and France. Focusing on on two key policy areas, welfare and employment, the book asks why America has had such uneven success at incorporating African Americans and other minorities into the full benefits of citizenship. Robert Lieberman explores the historical roots of.

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