Discrimination in an Unequal World explores the relationship between discrimination and inequality by comparing and examining what effect globalization hashad on discrimination. Investigating a broad variety of social relations and practices with an equally broad array of methods, it establishes a base with which to effectively compare the varying forms of discrimination of different societies. INDICE: Preface; Part I: Studying Global Discrimination; 1.: Miguel Angel Centeno, 'Discrimination in an Unequal World'; 2.: Thomas Weisskopf, 'Reflections on Globalization, Discrimination, and Affirmative Action'; 3.: Devah Pager, 'Measuring Discrimination'; Part II: Case Studies; 4.: Jeremy Seekings, 'Racial and Class Discrimination in Assessments of Desert in Post-Apartheid Cape Town'; 5.: Justine Burns, 'Race and Trust in a Segmented Society'; 6.: Michael Cosser, 'Race and Opportunity in the Transition from School to Higher Education in South Africa'; 7.: Carlos Antonio Costa Ribeiro, 'Class, race, and Social Mobility in Brazil'; 8.: Kunihiro Kimura, 'Trends of Sex Discrimination inJapan, 1965-2000: The Gender Gap in Wage and the 'Marriage Bar''; 9.: Koyo Miyoshi, 'Male-Female Wage Differentials in Japan.'; 10.:. Katherine Newman and Ashwini Deshpande, 'Roadblocks at the High End: The Role of Caste in Post- University Employment'; 11.: Katherine S. Newman and Surinder S. Jodhka, 'The Language of Globalization: Meritocracy, Productivity and the Persistence of Caste-Based Stereotypes among Indian Employers'; 12.: Paul Attewell, Sukhadeo Thorat 'Caste is not Past: The Persistence of Discrimination in India's Formal Labor Market'; 13.: Paul Attewell and S. Madheswaran. 'The Price of Globalization:Wage Penalties and Caste Inequality in Liberal India'
- ISBN: 978-0-19-973216-6
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 23/09/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés