Poverty and prosperity: Prospects for reducing racial/ethnic economic disparities in the United States

Racism and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 149-181

  Danziger, Sheldon ^a,b,c   Reed, Deborah ^d   Brown, Tony N ^e  

^a National Poverty Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (United States)

^d PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85015259536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230554986     Document Type: Chapter

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