Long Time Coming

Racial Inequality In The Nonmetropolitan South, 1940-1990

Mark A Fossett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-16688-5 (ISBN)

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The authors investigate trends in racial inequality in occupational attainment in rural areas of the South since 1940. Drawing on data from the six censuses spanning the last five decades, they examine how inequality varies across local areas and how it has changed over time in different local areas. While modest reductions in inequality have been observed in recent decades, the authors document that racial inequality in rural areas of the South persists at very high levels to the present day.Guided by structural-demographic theory, the authors investigate the connections between inequality and important changes taking place in the economic and social structures of rural communities of the South. They conclude that inequality is linked, sometimes in unexpected ways, with economic growth, urbanization and the decline of agricultural employment, the movement of women into the labor force, increasing minority educational attainment, and changes in racial demography. The authors investigate trends in racial inequality in occupational attainment in rural areas of the South since 1940. Drawing on data from the six censuses spanning the last five decades, they examine how inequality varies across local areas and how it has changed over time in different local areas. While modest reductions in inequality have been observed in recent decades, the authors document that racial inequality in rural areas of the South persists at very high levels to the present day.Guided by structural-demographic theory, the authors investigate the connections between inequality and important changes taking place in the economic and social structures of rural communities of the South. They conclude that inequality is linked, sometimes in unexpected ways, with economic growth, urbanization and the decline of agricultural employment, the movement of women into the labor force, increasing minority educational attainment, and changes in racial demography.

Mark A Fossett (Author); M. Therese Seibert (Author)

Introduction; Determinants of Racial Inequality in Nonmetropolitan Areas; Measurement Issues; Trends in Inequality; Cross-Sectional Analyses; Longitudinal Analyses; Overview and Discussion

Erscheinungsdatum	04.07.2022
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-367-16688-7 / 0367166887
ISBN-13	978-0-367-16688-5 / 9780367166885
Zustand	Neuware