Racial Attitudes in America: Trends and Interpretations, Revised Edition
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This new edition brings fully up-to-date a book widely praised for its clear and objective presentation of changes in American racial attitudes during the second half of the twentieth century.
The book retains the division of racial attitudes into principles of equality, government implementation of those principles, and social distance, but adds questions concerning affirmative action and beliefs about sources of inequality. A conceptual section now opens the book, evidence on social desirability has been added, and a new chapter deals with cohort effects and with the impact of income, education, and gender. In key instances, randomized experiments are introduced that test hypotheses more rigorously than is ordinarily possible with survey data. Throughout, the authors have reconsidered earlier ideas and introduced new thinking.Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674745698
ISBN13:9780674745698
Release Date:February 1998
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:274 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.9" x 10.0"
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Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Discrimination & Racism Ethnic & National Minority Studies Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Radicalism Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Specific DemographicsCustomer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Schuman et al.'s "Racial Attitudes in America" is a must-read for students and researchers interested in race relations and intersections between race and politics. Well-written and insightful, "Racial Attitudes in America" is also very understandable for the curious observer of race relations. Schuman et al. analyze national survey data from the 1970s to the present in order to understand how the public feels about such important issues as affirmative action and other "race-targeted" policies. Moreover, the authors examine the extent to which prejudice and other negative racial attitudes are still widespread in the United States. Though extremely informative, the book devotes far more attention to examining trends in racial attitudes than to understanding the sources of them. Nonetheless, this book will provide a valuable starting point for any student or researcher interested in understanding the sources of racial attitudes.
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