Racism and the Underclass: State Policy and Discrimination Against Minorities

by David Penna

This unique collection of essays analyzes the impact of state policies on minority communities in the United States and the perpetuation of an underclass in American society. The editors and contributors begin with the premise that there was a resurgence of racism and disadvantage during the Reagan years, not only in the United States, but also in the world. They contend that a major revision of policy toward the American underclass is urgently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313278636
• ISBN13: 9780313278631
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"