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Overview

In this timely and provocative contribution to the American discourse on race, William Julius Wilson applies an exciting new analytic framework to three politically fraught social problems: the persistence of the inner-city ghetto, the plight of low-skilled black males, and the fragmentation of the African American family. Though the discussion of racial inequality is typically ideologically polarized. Wilson dares to consider both institutional and cultural factors as causes of the persistence of racial inequality. He reaches the controversial conclusion that while structural and cultural forces are inextricably linked, public policy can only change the racial status quo by reforming the institutions that reinforce it.

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More Than Just Race is somewhat ponderous and academic in style; too often the book details an important and fascinating question only to end inconclusively, with a call for "further research." But this is more than made up for by its considerable substantive virtues: it is straightforward, accessible and sensible, free of the ideological cant and posturing that often mar even serious academic studies of racial issues.
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Harvard sociologist Wilson (The Declining Significance of Race) makes a bold effort to reframe current debates on the relationship between race and poverty in the U.S. The author observes that discussions of race have hardened into two mutually exclusive and inflexible perspectives. One view regards black poverty as a consequence of social forces-e.g., segregation and the flight of middle-class black residents from urban centers. Alternately, black poverty has been portrayed as a product of individual and cultural inadequacy. Wilson argues for perspectives that acknowledge the inherent symbiosis of social and cultural forces. For example, cultural concerns about black violence in the 1970s gave rise to a more punitive response to street crime leading to greatly increased incarceration rates for black men. Employers' unwillingness to hire black ex-felons, coupled with the rise of service jobs that favor women, led to the decline of the traditional male provider role that had sustained long-term family commitments. Wilson combines a critical look at recent research on poverty and race with his own field research to construct a synthesis that sidesteps many of the pitfalls that often entrap race and poverty theorists. (Mar.)

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780393067057
  • Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
  • Publication date: 3/9/2009
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 711,787
  • Series: Issues of Our Time Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

William Julius Wilson is a University Professor at Harvard University, president emeritus of the American Sociological Association, and the author of numerous books, including the award-winning The Declining Significance of Race and When Work Disappears. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Structural and cultural forces that contribute to racial inequality 1

Ch. 2 The forces shaping concentrated poverty 25

Ch. 3 The economic plight of inner-city black males 62

Ch. 4 The fragmentation of the poor black family 95

Ch. 5 Framing the issues : uniting structure and culture 133

Notes 156

Index 177

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  • Posted November 11, 2009

    Not as Good as Expected

    Living in Chicago, I could have written most of this book without any research. I expected a more research based book. It was ok - but nothing new.

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    A must read for serious race conscious people

    Dr. Wilson, deals with a topic many people only ignore. As a talk show host I constantly strain my intellectual capacity to understand the nonsense my Black callers express about social, economic and political issues. It's let's protect the criminal and damn the victim. the criminal did the crime because he was poor, uneducated, and had no father. The logic totally befuddles others and myself as we try to compute the logic.

    I ask the question which lead me to this book is it Race or Culture that holds Black Americans back?

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