Race and the invisible hand [electronic resource] : how white networks exclude black men from blue-collar jobs / Deirdre A. Royster.
Material type: TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2003.Description: xvi, 226 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 331.13/3/0973 21
- HD8081.A65 R69 2003
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-215) and index.
Introduction -- Invisible and visible hands : racial disparity in the labor market -- From school to work in black and white : a case study -- Getting a job, not getting a job : employment divergence begins -- Evaluating market explanations : "the declining significance of race" and "racial deficits" approaches -- Embedded transitions : school ties and the unanticipated significance of race -- Networks of inclusion, networks of exclusion : the production and maintenance of segregated opportunity structures -- White privilege and black accommodation : where past and contemporary discrimination converge to produce durable inequality.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.