Emerging intersections: race, class, and gender in theory, policy, and practice
By: edited by Bonnie Thornton Dill and Ruth Enid Zambrana ; foreword by Patricia Hill Collins.
Contributors: Dill, Bonnie Thornton.; Zambrana, Ruth E.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780813544540; 9780813544557
Subjects: Social classes -- United States; Sex role -- United States; Homosexuality -- United States; Discrimination -- United States; Poverty -- United States; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-; United States -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Critical thinking about inequality : an emerging lens / Bonnie Thornton Dill and Ruth Enid Zambrana; title: Entering a profession : race, gender and class in the work lives of Black women attorneys / Elizabeth Higginbotham; title: The intersection of poverty discourses : race, class, culture, and gender / Debra Henderson and Ann Tickamyer; title: Staggered inequalities in access to higher education by gender, race, and ethnicity / Ruth Enid Zambrana and Victoria Maria MacDonald; title: Developing workforce policy to attend to the lived experiences of single working poor mothers / Mary Gatta; title: Exploring the intersections of race, ethnicity and class on maternity leave decisions : implications for public policy / Tiffany Manuel and Ruth Enid Zambrana; title: Racial, ethnic and gender disparities in access to jobs, education and training under welfare reform / Avis Jones-DeWeever, Bonnie Thornton Dill, and Sanford Schram; title: Racial, ethnic and gender disparities in early school leaving (aka dropping out of school) / L. Janelle Dance; title: Racial, ethnic and gender disparities in political participation and civic engagement / Lorrie Ann Frasure and Linda Faye Williams; title: Intersections, identities and inequalities in higher education / Bonnie Thornton Dill; title: Transforming the campus climate through institution building, intellectual collaboration and mentoring / Bonnie Thornton Dill, Ruth Enid Zambrana and Amy McLaughlin; title: Conclusion: Future directions in knowledge building and sustaining institutional change / Ruth Enid Zambrana and Bonnie Thornton Dill.