Inequality in a “postracial” era: Race, Immigration, and Criminalization of Low-Wage Labor

Du Bois Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 339-353

  Gomberg Muñoz, Ruth ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration Policy; Incarceration; Neoliberalism; Racialization; Racism; Undocumented Immigrants

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011480548     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X11000579     Document Type: Article

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