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African Americans and the public agenda : the paradoxes of public policy
- Title
- African Americans and the public agenda : the paradoxes of public policy / editor, Cedric Herring.
- Publication
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Herring, Cedric.
- Description
- xiv, 287 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- Key issues surrounding race and public policy in North America are examined in this book. For example, who truly represents African Americans in the American political process? Why does there seem to be increased white resistance to programmes that seek to redress equality if white racism appears to be declining? And why do so many programmes which are intended to tackle inequality seem instead to exacerbate it? The contributors to this perceptive and timely volume shed light on these apparent paradoxes.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- African Americans, the public agenda, and the paradoxes of public policy: a focus on the controversies surrounding affirmative action / Cedric Herring -- Cross-cutting Black issues effected by the changing role of government / Yvonne Scruggs -- Political consolidation or American apartheid? Some political and economic consequences of Black empowerment / Michael I.J. Bennett, Cedric Herring, and Douglas Gills -- Maternal drug abuse and infant health: a proposal for a multilevel model / Rae Banks and Assata Zerai -- The psychosocial dimension of Black maternal health: an intersection of race, gender, and class / Katrina Bell McDonald -- Race up the corporate ladder: the dilemmas and contradictions of first-wave Black executives / Sharon M. Collins -- Affirm equality, oppose racist scapegoating: myths and realities of affirmative action / Steven J. Rosenthal -- Conservative religious and ideological perspectives: sources and consequences for public policy for the poor / Charles Jarmon -- African-American families and public policy: the legacy of the Moynihan report / Juan J. Battle and Michael D. Bennett -- Race relations and campus climate for minority students: implications for higher education desegregation / Gail E. Thomas -- Afrocentric education: understanding the effects of Black academies on academic achievement / Kerry Rockquemore -- Race, representation, and the drug policy agenda / Rae Banks -- Race, gender, and the timing of justice: age at first arrest and incarceration for African American women / Verna M. Keith and Garry L. Rolison -- Which way toward equality? Dilemmas and paradoxes in public policies affecting crime and punishment / Darnell F. Hawkins -- Balanced opportunity / Reverend Jesse L. Jackson.
- ISBN
- 0761904735
- 9780761904731
- 0761904743
- 9780761904748
- LCCN
- 96025340
- OCLC
- ocm35128051
- 35128051
- SCSB-14454742
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library