ABSTRACT

Economic disparity between ethnic and racial groups is a ubiquitous and pervasive phenomenon internationally. Gaps between groups encompass employment, wage, occupational status and wealth differentials. Virtually every nation is comprised of a group whose material well-being is sharply depressed in comparison with another, socially dominant group.

chapter 1|13 pages

Boundaries of clan and color: an introduction

An introduction Inter-group economic inequality

chapter 3|25 pages

Earnings differentials among ethnic groups in Canada: a review of the research

A review of the research Background

chapter 5|23 pages

If not reconciliation, then what?

Race and the “stolen generation” in Australia

chapter 6|19 pages

Multiracialism and meritocracy

Singapore’s approach to race and inequality

chapter 7|18 pages

Recasting economic inequality

chapter 8|22 pages

The mobility of Japan’s Burakumin

Militant advocacy and government response

chapter 9|23 pages

Malaysia’s New Economic Policy

Has it been a success?