550 Pages
by
Routledge
550 Pages
by
Routledge
550 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Leading Issues in Black Political Economy brings together the foremost experts on issues ranging from employment, training, and education of African Americans. It also emphasizes macro-economic concerns of business development with special emphasis on long-term trends of black-owned businesses. The work emphasizes welfare considerations in an anti-welfare epoch, and the role of affirmative action... Read more
1: Introduction and Overview; Employment, Training and Education; 2: The Declining Social and Economic Fortunes of African American Males: A Critical Assessment of Four Perspectives; 3: Economics Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities; 4: Worker Re-Training and Labor Market Outcomes; 5: Employment and Training Solutions for the Economically Disadvantaged; Minority Business Development; 6: Long-Term Trends and Prospects for Black-Owned Businesses; 7: Minority Business Formation and Survival; 8: What Determines Exports of Black-Owned Enterprises?; 9: Is The U.S. Small Business Administration a Racist Institution?; Income Inequality; 10: Race, Cognitive Skills, Psychological Capital and Wages; 11: Determinants Of Regional Income Distribution In The U.S. South, 1980-1990: Roles Of Net Migration And Human Capital Accumulation; 12: Assessing The Effect Of The Occupational Crowding Of Immigrants On The Real Wages Of African American Workers; 13: On The Permanence Or Impermanence Of Black-White Economic Inequality; 14: The Shadow Of The Future And The Complexity Of Cooperation; Economic History and Public Policy; 15: W.E.B. Dubois As Economic Analyst: Reflections On The 100Th Anniversary Of The Philadelphia Negro; 16: No More Servants In The House; 17: The Economics Of Racism; 18: Reparations And Public Policy; Health, Welfare and Development; 19: 21ST Century Pollination: Federal Housing and Health Policies; 20: Black Infant Health: Where to in the 21ST Century?; 21: Economic Community of West African States: From an Economic Union to a Peacekeeping Mission?; 22: Development Prospects and Policy for Africa: Structural Adjustment and Beyond; Discrimination, Affirmative Action and Public Policy; 23: How Does it Feel to be Free?: Reflections on Black-White Economic Inequality in the Era of “Color-Blind” Law; 24: Is There Discrimination in Mortgage Lending? What Does the Research Tell Us?; 25: Another Look at Mortgage Lending Discrimination: A Review of Findings; 26: Black Male Employment and Tight Labor Markets; 27: Cooperative Economics—A Community Revitalization Strategy; 28: Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action to Economic Empowerment; Profile of the Contributors
Biography
Thomas D. Boston
