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Book SynopsisInvestigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing US: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Focusing on two key policy areas, welfare and employment, this book asks why America has had such uneven success at incorporating African Americans and other minorities into the benefits of citizenship.
Trade ReviewWinner of the 2006 Best Book on Public Policy Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "Lieberman's book is well worth reading-and debating... [T]his book sets its sights on a big, interesting question and tackles it... It is a book that should open up significant space for debate and for future research."--Erik Bleich, Ethics and International Affairs "This is a deep, wide, valuable book that demonstrably advances research in racial politics, comparative public policy, and the social science analysis of political history. That is an impressive achievement for one volume."--Jennifer L. Hochschild, Ethnic and Racial Studies
Table of ContentsLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix LIST OF TABLES xi PREFACE xiii CHAPTER ONE: Configurations of Race and State: The Politics of Racial Incorporation 1 CHAPTER TWO: Legacies of Slavery and Colonialism: Race and the Politics of Social Reform 27 CHAPTER THREE: The Roots of Welfare Incorporation 56 CHAPTER FOUR: Postwar Transformations of Race and State 75 CHAPTER FIVE: Encounters with the Welfare State: Social Security and Social Insurance 99 CHAPTER SIX: Encounters with the Welfare State: Public Assistance and "Welfare" 118 CHAPTER SEVEN: The Development of Employment Discrimination Policy 147 CHAPTER EIGHT: Weak State, Strong Policy: Paradoxes of Antidiscrimination Policy 174 CHAPTER NINE: Toward a Color-Blind Future: Varieties of Color Blindness and the Future of Race Policy 202 NOTES 225 INDEX 293
