New York State in the 21st Century

by Hirschl, Thomas A.

• ISBN13: 9780275963392
• ISBN10: 027596339X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

Technological innovation, the globalization of exchange, greater marital instability, and new environmental and health challenges are reshaping the world in which we live. This edited volume analyzes current and projected future socioeconomic trends in the context of New York State, a state that has historically played an important role in public policy innovation. The contributors identify major trends, compare New York State to the United States as a whole, and indicate the need for new social policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Among the issues discussed are the distribution of income, trends in land use, recent immigrants, and family living arrangements.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Thomas A. Hirschl
Tim B. Heaton
I. Social Policy and Socioeconomic Trends	1	(72)
1. The Significance of Education in an Era of Labor Market Hardship	3	(14)
Thomas A. Hirschl
2. The Distribution of Income in New York State: Trends and Implications for Public Policy	17	(18)
Paul E. McNamara
Christine K. Ranney
3. Public Schools and Public Dollars	35	(22)
Brian O. Brent
David H. Monk
4. On the Margin: The Occupational Progress of Ethnic Minorities in New York State	57	(16)
Douglas T. Gurak
II. Community Diversity and Social Identity	73	(82)
5. Indians within New York State: Separate Nations, Not Just Ethnic Minorities	75	(19)
Sherene Baugher
Robert W. Venables
6. New York State's Older Population: Implications for Policy	94	(17)
Nina Glasgow
7. The Communities of New York State	111	(12)
Frank W. Young
Gonzalo Kmaid
8. Social Change in Upstate New York Cities	123	(18)
Patrice Kuzniak
9. New York's Industrial Structure: How Viable?	141	(14)
Paul R. Eberts
Amanda M. Hart
III. Agriculture and the Environment	155	(46)
10. From Plow to Plate: The Transformation of New York's Food and Agricultural System since 1910	157	(12)
Thomas A. Lyson
11. Trends in Land Use	169	(16)
Nelson L. Bills
Bernard F. Stanton
12. Environmental Knowledge and Attitudes in the New York City Watershed	185	(16)
J. Mayone Stycos
Max J. Pfeffer
IV. Population Dynamics, Family Well-Being, and Health	201	(84)
13. The Recently Arrived Foreign-Born in New York State, 1990	203	(25)
Ronald J. Ortiz Flores
14. The Volume and Composition of Internal Migration to and from New York	228	(13)
David L. Brown
Stefan Rayer
15. The Next Generation: Implications of Fertility for the Growth, Composition, and Well-Being of New York in the Coming Years	241	(14)
Tim B. Heaton
16. The Widening Gap among Children: Family Living Arrangements in New York State and the United States	255	(17)
Lindy B. Williams
Eleanor O. Bell
17. A Review of New York's Health and Health-Care Status: The Challenges Ahead for 2000	272	(13)
Eunice Rodriguez
Pilar A. Parra
Index	285	(4)
About the Contributors	289