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      Black Wealth / White Wealth
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      Black Wealth / White Wealth

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      Black Wealth / White Wealth book

      A New Perspective on Racial Inequality

      Black Wealth / White Wealth

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      Black Wealth / White Wealth book

      A New Perspective on Racial Inequality
      ByMelvin L. Oliver, Thomas M. Shapiro
      Edition 2nd Edition
      First Published 2006
      eBook Published 1 November 2010
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203707425
      Pages 360
      eBook ISBN 9780203707425
      Subjects Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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      Oliver, M.L., & Shapiro, T.M. (2006). Black Wealth / White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203707425

      ABSTRACT

      The award-winning Black Wealth / White Wealth offers a powerful portrait of racial inequality based on an analysis of private wealth. Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro's groundbreaking research analyzes wealth - total assets and debts rather than income alone - to uncover deep and persistent racial inequality in America, and they show how public policies have failed to redress the problem.

      First published in 1995, Black Wealth / White Wealth is considered a classic exploration of race and inequality. It provided, for the first time, systematic empirical evidence that explained the racial inequality gap between blacks and whites. The Tenth Anniversary edition contains two entirely new and substantive chapters. These chapters look at the continuing issues of wealth and inequality in America and the new policies that have been launched in the past ten years. Some have been progressive while others only recreate inequality - for example the proposal to eliminate the estate tax.

      Compelling and also informative, Black Wealth / White Wealth is not just pioneering research. It is also a powerful counterpoint to arguments against affirmative action and a direct challenge to current social welfare policies that are tilted towards the wealthy.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |10 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|23 pages

      Race, Wealth, and Equality

      chapter 2|20 pages

      A Sociology of Wealth and Racial Inequality

      chapter 3|13 pages

      Studying Wealth

      chapter 4|24 pages

      Wealth and Inequality in America

      chapter 5|36 pages

      A Story of Two Nations: Race and Wealth

      chapter 6|45 pages

      The Structuring of Racial Inequality in American Life

      chapter 7|24 pages

      Getting Along: Renewing America's Commitment to Racial Justice

      chapter |2 pages

      Epilogue Changing Context of Black Wealth/White Wealth: 1995 to 2005

      chapter 8|27 pages

      Wealth Inequality Trends

      chapter 9|40 pages

      The Emergence of Asset-Based Policy

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