Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice 9780813546513
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Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword: Emerging Intersections—Building Knowledge and Transforming Institutions
Acknowledgments
1. Critical Thinking about Inequality: An Emerging Lens
2. Entering a Profession: Race, Gender, and Class in the Lives of Black Women Attorneys
3. The Intersection of Poverty Discourses: Race, Class, Culture, and Gender
4. Staggered Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
5. Developing Policy to Address the Lived Experiences of Working Mothers
6. Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Maternity Leave Decisions: Implications for Public Policy
7. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Workforce, Education, and Training under Welfare Reform
8. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Early School Leaving (Dropping Out)
9. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Political Participation and Civic Engagement
10. Intersections, Identities, and Inequalities in Higher Education
11. Transforming the Campus Climate through Institutions, Collaboration, and Mentoring
12. Conclusion: Future Directions in Knowledge Building and Sustaining Institutional Change
Contributors
Index
Contents
Foreword: Emerging Intersections—Building Knowledge and Transforming Institutions
Acknowledgments
1. Critical Thinking about Inequality: An Emerging Lens
2. Entering a Profession: Race, Gender, and Class in the Lives of Black Women Attorneys
3. The Intersection of Poverty Discourses: Race, Class, Culture, and Gender
4. Staggered Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
5. Developing Policy to Address the Lived Experiences of Working Mothers
6. Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Maternity Leave Decisions: Implications for Public Policy
7. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Workforce, Education, and Training under Welfare Reform
8. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Early School Leaving (Dropping Out)
9. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Political Participation and Civic Engagement
10. Intersections, Identities, and Inequalities in Higher Education
11. Transforming the Campus Climate through Institutions, Collaboration, and Mentoring
12. Conclusion: Future Directions in Knowledge Building and Sustaining Institutional Change
Contributors
Index
