Intersectional inequality : race, class, test scores, and poverty / Charles C. Ragin and Peer C. Fiss.

Author/creator Ragin, Charles C. author.
Other author Fiss, Peer C., author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Copyright Date©2017
Descriptionviii, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Equality.
Poverty--United States.
Race--Social aspects. --United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Equality--Research.
Social sciences--Methodology.

Contents Introduction -- When inequalities coincide -- Policy context : test scores and life chances -- Explaining poverty : the key causal conditions -- From variables to fuzzy sets -- Test scores, parental income, and poverty -- Coinciding advantages versus coinciding disadvantages -- Intersectional analysis of causal conditions linked to avoiding poverty -- Conclusion : the black-white gap and the path forward for policy research.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-167) and index.
LCCN 2016023259
ISBN9780226414379 (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN022641437X (cloth ; alk. paper)
ISBN9780226414409 (paper ; alk. paper)
ISBN022641440X (paper ; alk. paper)
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