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9781588260109

Race, Class and the State in Contemporary Sociology: The William Julius Wilson Debates

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    9781588260109

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    1588260100

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-05-31
  • Publisher: Lynne Rienner
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Summary

Focusing on the work legacy of William Julius Wilson and the arguments of his longstanding critics, Niemonen deftly illustrates the strengths, weakness, and influence of Wilson's work. His analysis calls for a major shift in how sociology conceptualizes race relations - a shift that challenges popular assumptions and contemporary vocabularies and brings to the forefront the role of the state.

Author Biography

Jack Niemonen is associate professor of sociology at the University of South Dakota.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
The Race Relations Problematic in Sociologyp. 13
Situating Wilson's Workp. 13
Wilson and the Race-Class Debate Todayp. 23
Wilson and the Statep. 38
Studying Race and Class: Problems in Assessing Logical and Empirical Adequacyp. 49
The Reification of Racep. 49
What Is Racism?p. 53
Confusion Compounded: The Multicultural Movementp. 56
Race, Class, and the Problem of Epistemological Incoherencep. 63
Empirically Validating the Thesis of the Declining Significance of Racep. 68
Inferring Causalityp. 72
Debates Surrounding The Declining Significance of Racep. 83
Some Observations on Racial Formationsp. 83
Racial Inequality in the Aggregate: Trends over Timep. 89
School Practices and Educational Attainmentp. 91
Earnings Attainmentp. 94
Occupational Attainmentp. 104
Authority Attainmentp. 115
Unions and the Black Working Classp. 119
Black Life-Chances in the State Sectorp. 122
Race and Social-Psychological Distressp. 128
The Truly Disadvantaged and When Work Disappears: Critiquesp. 147
Wilson on the Black Underclassp. 147
Concentrated Povertyp. 151
The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis and Urban Labor Marketsp. 153
Disarticulation as a Contributing Factor to Employment Hardshipp. 157
Marital Disintegrationp. 159
A Tangle of Pathology?p. 163
Violence, Delinquency, and Crimep. 167
Wilson's Achilles' Heel: The Continuing Significance of Racially Based Segregationp. 181
Race and Placep. 181
The Separation of the Economic Sector from the Sociopolitical Order Revisitedp. 191
The Complex Motivations Underlying the Racial Structuring of Housing Marketsp. 199
Conclusionp. 206
Conclusion: A Bridge over the Theoretical Dividep. 217
The Theoretical Dividep. 217
Bringing Back the Statep. 221
"The State" Definedp. 225
Bridging the Theoretical Divide: Twelve Propositionsp. 230
Theory and Practice: Wilson on Affirmative Actionp. 242
In Summaryp. 246
Referencesp. 259
Indexp. 299
About the Bookp. 309
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