Africana Social Stratification: An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor

by Brittany Slatton, James L. Conyers Jr. (Editor), Drew Brown (Contribution by), LaTasha Chaffin (Contribution by), Rita Kiki Edozie Michigan State University (Contribution by)

Overview

This study seeks to critically examine the field and function of social stratification, with emphasis on Africana phenomena. Phrased another way, this edited volume attempts to study and focus on who gets what and why, with regard to resources and structural application of support. The John Henrik Clarke query is who made this arrangement of leadership in America. Moreover, serving as a reference, this study will assist researchers in contextualizing and thematically examining the structural and resource allocation of disparity exhibited toward Africana people. This manuscript of essays is the first its kind. This study incorporates an interdisciplinary scope to examine the concept of Africana Social Stratification in the subject areas of: history, political science, economics, Africana Studies, and social policy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498533164
Publisher:	Lexington Books
Publication date:	02/06/2020
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 8.87(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

James L. Conyers Jr. is director of the African American Studies Program, director of the Center for African American Culture, and university professor of African American Studies at the University of Houston.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Africana Sociology and Economics: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Black Social Stratification
James L. Conyers Jr.

Chapter 2: The Emerging Field of Stratification Economics: A Unified Social Science Theory of Race and Inequality?
Greg Price

Chapter 3: Frontstage and Backstage Racial Performances: The Contributions of Backstage Methodological Research
Brittany Slatton

Chapter 4: “Girls Can’t Play No Ball”: The Invisibility of Black Woman Athletes in Film
Drew Brown

Chapter 5: Pan-African Belize: A Case for Praxis
Devon Lee

Chapter 6: Insights Regarding Black-White Economic Inequality from Stratification Economics
James B. Stewart

Chapter 7: A New Era for Labor? The Promises and Perils of the Fast Food Workers Strike Movement
Marcia Walker McWilliams

Chapter 8: Affirming or Dis-confirming America's Promise: Attitudes about Affirmative Action Among Black Americans and Black Immigrants
Anthony D. Greene, LaTasha Chaffin, Maruice Mangum, and Jason Shelton

Chapter 9: An Obsolete People? The Precarious Position of African Americans in the Twenty-First-Century Economy
Robert E. Weems

Chapter 10: New (Pan)-Africanism or Neoliberal Globalization? Introducing Nigeria’s Afri-capitalism and South Africa’s Ubuntu Business
Kiki Odezie

Editorial Reviews

Stratification is the timely bridge topic that enlivens the discipline of Africana Studies’ frames of reference for exploring a core subject area of economics, which sometimes gets a too cursory glance. Allowing early, middle, and final key essays on economic stratification, inequality, and business to serve as stabilizing critical infrastructure, this volume weaves studies on Pan-Africanism, gender and racial discourses, insurance, immigration, and more to supply readers with dynamic updated terminologies and evidence of numerous domestic and international conditions. We can now address policy, labor, and wealth issues with new authority.

Christel N. Temple

James Conyers, as Africana Social Stratification: An Interdisciplinary Study of Economics, Policy, and Labor demonstrates, remains the dominant organizer of intellectual cadres of social and behavioral thinking in the field of Africana Studies. This insightful book brings together some of the key theorists and interpreters of social stratification. In my opinion, Conyers' book is long overdue and must be read by those who entertain the idea that they know something about contemporary society. I highly recommend this work for my colleagues and students.

Molefi Kete Asante