African Americans and the Public Agenda The Paradoxes of Public Policy [Paperback]

Key issues surrounding race and public policy in North America are examined in this book. For example, who truly represents African Americans in the American political process? Why does there seem to be increased white resistance to programmes that seek to redress equality if white racism appears to be declining? And why do so many programmes which are intended to tackle inequality seem instead to exacerbate it? The contributors to this perceptive and timely volume shed light on these apparent paradoxes.Key issues surrounding race and public policy in North America are examined in this book. For example, who truly represents African Americans in the American political process? Why does there seem to be increased white resistance to programmes that seek to redress equality if white racism appears to be declining? And why do so many programmes which are intended to tackle inequality seem instead to exacerbate it? The contributors to this perceptive and timely volume shed light on these apparent paradoxes.PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Preface - William Julius Wilson
African Americans, the Public Agenda, and the Paradoxes of Public Policy - Cedric Herring
A Focus on the Controversies Surrounding Affirmative Action
PART TWO: CHALLENGES TO LEADERSHIP AND REPRESENTATION IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY
Cross-Cutting Black Issues Affecting the Changing Role of Government - Yvonne Scruggs
Political Consolidation or American Apartheid? Some Political and Economic Consequences of Black Empowerment - Michael I J Bennett, Cedric Herring, and Douglas Gills
Balanced Opportunity - Jesse L Jackson
PART THREE: RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH
Policy Context and the Relationship between Maternal Drug Abuse and Infant Mortality - Rae Banks and Assata Zerai
The Psychosocial Dimension of Black Maternal Health - Katrina Bell McDonald
An Intersection of Race, Gender, and Clal³e