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Race, Incarceration, and American Values
E-bok, 2008
187 kr
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Why stigmatizing and confining a large segment of our population should be unacceptable to all Americans. The United States, home to five percent of the world''s population, now houses twenty-five percent of the world''s prison inmates. Our incarceration rate—at 714 per 100,000 residents and …
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Confessions of a Black Conservative
Inbunden, 2024
335 kr
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Economist Glenn C. Loury is one of the most prominent public American intellectuals of our time: he's often radically opposed to the political mainstream and delights in upending what's expected of a Black public figure. But more so than the arguments themselves—on affirmative action, institutional …
Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy
Comparing the USA and UK
Av Glenn C. Loury, Tariq Modood m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
846 kr
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This major comparative study of the social mobility of ethnic minorities in the US and UK argues that social mobility must be understood as a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon, incorporating the wealth and income of groups, but also their political power and social recognition. Written by …
Anatomy of Racial Inequality
With a New Preface
Häftad, 2021
187 kr
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“Lifts and transforms the discourse on ‘race’ and racial justice to an entirely new level.”—Orlando Patterson“Intellectually rigorous and deeply thoughtful…An incisive, erudite book by a major thinker.”—Gerald Early, New York Times Book ReviewWhy are black Americans so persistently confined to the …
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Confessions of a Black Conservative
Häftad, 2025
208 kr
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Glenn C. Loury is often radically opposed to the political mainstream and delights in upending what’s expected of a Black public figure. But more than the arguments themselves, his public life has been characterised by fearlessness and a willingness to recalibrate strongly held and forcefully …
Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention
Av James Q. Wilson, Glenn C. Loury
E-bok, 2013
755 kr
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Are there ways to intervene early in a child''s life that might reduce, at a reasonable cost, the probability of his becoming a serious delinquent? The results of some small-scale social experiments have been published suggesting that certain kinds of preschool education and parent training might …
Families, Schools, and Delinquency Prevention
Av Glenn C. Loury, James Q. Wilson
Häftad, 2013
568 kr
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Are there ways to intervene early in a child's life that might reduce, at a reasonable cost, the probability of his becoming a serious delinquent? The results of some small-scale social experiments have been published suggesting that certain kinds of preschool education and parent training might …
Self-Censorship
Inbunden, 2025
123 kr
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There is no such thing as free, unconstrained speech. Laws and constitutions may protect us from the state when we speak our minds. But the state is just one possible constraint. Glenn Loury, one of America's most outspoken and important intellectuals, provides a provocative and dazzling analysis …
Self-Censorship
E-bok, 2025
190 kr
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There is no such thing as free, unconstrained speech. Laws and constitutions may protect us from the state when we speak our minds. But the state is just one possible constraint. Glenn Loury, one of America’s most outspoken and important intellectuals, provides a provocative and dazzling analysis …
Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy
Comparing the USA and UK
Av Glenn C. Loury, Tariq Modood m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
1254 kr
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This major comparative study of the social mobility of ethnic minorities in the US and UK argues that social mobility must be understood as a complex and multi-dimensional phenomenon, incorporating the wealth and income of groups, but also their political power and social recognition. Written by …
