Coming to terms with chance
Subtitle: engaging rational discrimination and cumulative disadvantage
By: by Oscar Gandy Jr.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Farnham; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754679615; 9780754699149
Subjects: Discrimination; Social stratification; Statistics -- Social aspects; Chance -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Luck, risk, and life chances; title: The natural lottery and our genetic endowments; title: Rational discrimination; title: Markets that matter; title: Financial risk and insurance; title: The criminal justice system; title: Public policy formation and evaluation; title: The media's role; title: "Quixotics unite!" a call to arms.