Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination

by Robert Drago, Randy Albelda, Steven Shulman

Book Overview

Unlevel Playing Fields provides an exceptionally accessible, one-volume introduction to wage inequality and job discrimination in the U.S. labor market. This engaging textbook presents two important,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1878585207
• ISBN13: 9781878585202
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Dollars & Sense
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Economics As If People Mattered

I am a college instructor who teaches a sociology course of social stratification. This is a very unusual text in that it compares neo-classical economics to the political economy tradition by showing in very practical ways how each tradition gives different explanations of why there is economic inequality in wages, unemployment, and job distribution between whites, blacks and women. The text is easy to read and very evenhanded in how it treats both theories. There are excellent discussion questions at the end of each chapter and a rich bibliography. The book is relatively brief so it could either stand alone or be supplemented by another text. A very well put together text.

intriguing insight

This book provides some very insightful perspectives and opinions on minority employment in today's world. Although it can be fairly subtle in some spots, the book is based entirely on fact, and therefore is a good tool for those interested in contemporary labor studies. For those in the field, this book provides fresh new insights. It is appropriate for those studying labor economics, women's issues, minority issues, and discrimination.