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Description:
Who truly represents African Americans in the American political process? If white racism seems to be declining, why does there seem to be increased white resistance to programs that seek to redress equality? And, why do so many programs that were intended to amend inequality seem to exacerbate it? In African Americans and the Public Agenda, editor Cedric Herring and a distinguished group of scholars shed light on these apparent paradoxes. This presidential collection of invited and refereed chapters have been selected primarily from the 1995 Annual Conference of the Association of Black Sociologists. The book presents competing perspectives in a rigorous yet accessible way and will help bridge the gap between scholars and policymakers.
Both perceptive and timely, African Americans and the Public Agenda examines a wide variety of issues surrounding race and public policy, thus making it an essential resource for students and professionals in race and ethnic studies, sociology, American studies, political science, and anthropology.
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Table Of Contents:
Preface W. J. Wilson
I. Introduction
1. African Americans, the Public Agenda, and the Paradoxes of Public Policy: A Focus on the Controversies Surrounding Affirmative Action C. Herring
II. Challenges to Leadership and Representation in the African American Community
2. Cross-Cutting Black Issues Affecting the Changing Role of Government Y. Scruggs
3. Political Consolidation or American Apartheid?: Some Political and Economic Consequences of Black Empowerment M. I. J. Bennett, C. Herring & D. Gills
4. National Rainbow Coalition and Operation PUSH: Balanced Opportunity J. L. Jackson
III. Racial Differences in Health
5. Policy Context and the Relationship Between Maternal Drug Abuse and Infant Mortality R. Banks & A. Zerai
6. The Psychosocial Dimension of Black Maternal Health: An Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class K. B. MacDonald
IV. Racial Inequality and Social Policy
7. Race Up the Corporate Ladder: The Dilemmas and Contradictions of First Wave Black Executives S. Collins
V. Changes in Ideology and Cultural Myths
8. Affirm Equality; Oppose Racist Scapegoating: Myths and Realities of Affirmative Action S. Rosenthal
9. Conservative Religious and Ideological Thought: Sources and Consequences for Public Policy for the Poor C. Jarmon
10. African American Families and Public Policy: The Legacy of the Moynihan Report J. Battle & M. Bennett
VI. Race and Educational Segregation
11. Race Relations and Campus Climate for Minority Students: Implications for Higher Education Desegregation G. Thomas
12. Afrocentric Schools: The Effects of Black Male Academies on Academicc Achievement K. Rockquemore
VII. Crime, Unequal Law Enforcement, and Punishment
13. Race, Representation, and the Drug Policy Agenda R. Banks
14. Race, Gender, and the Timing of Justice: Age at First Arrest and First Incarceration for African American Women V. Keith & G. L. Rolison
15. Which Way Toward Equality?: Dilemmas and Paradoxes in Public Policies Affecting Crime and Punishment D. F. Hawkins
ABRIDGED CONTENTS: I. Introduction
II. Challenges to Leadership and Representation in the African American Community
III. Racial Differences in Health
IV. Racial Inequality and Social Policy
V. Changes in Ideology and Cultural Myths
VI. Race and Educational Segregation
VII. Crime, Unequal Law Enforcement, and Punishment
CONTRIBUTORS: W. J. Wilson, C. Herring, Y. Scruggs, M. I. J. Bennett, D. Gills, J. L. Jackson, R. Banks, A. Zerai, K. B. McDonald, S. Collins, S. Rosenthal, C. Jarmon, J. Battle, M. Bennett, G. Thomas, K. Rockquemore, R. Banks, V. Keith, G. L. Rolison, D. F. Hawkins
**NOTE**M. I. J. Bennett and M. Bennett are two different people**
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