Shaping Race Policy: The United States in Comparative Perspective

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Investigates one of the most serious policy challenges facing US: the stubborn persistence of racial inequality in the post-civil rights era. Focusing on two key policy areas, welfare and employment, this book asks why America has had such uneven success at incorporating African Americans and other minorities into the benefits of citizenship.

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Winner of the 2006 Best Book on Public Policy Award, Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "Lieberman's book is well worth reading-and debating... [T]his book sets its sights on a big, interesting question and tackles it... It is a book that should open up significant space for debate and for future research."--Erik Bleich, Ethics and International Affairs "This is a deep, wide, valuable book that demonstrably advances research in racial politics, comparative public policy, and the social science analysis of political history. That is an impressive achievement for one volume."--Jennifer L. Hochschild, Ethnic and Racial Studies

Author Bio

Robert C. Lieberman is Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He is the author of "Shifting the Color Line: Race and the American Welfare State".