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Political economy of racism

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  • ""4The book, for all its complex detail, is very readable ... [It] is an intense and compact resource for understanding how the political economy of racism evolved in the United States.' Science & Society. 'Written in a style accessible to both students and a wider non-specialist audience - could usefully be read by anyone interested in the origins and impact of racism in the United States.' Patterns of Prejudice. Unlike conventional theories advanced by conservative and liberal thinkers, The Political Economy of Racism shows how the persistence of racism can be explained in terms of the changing economic and political needs of different groups of capitalists. Leiman demonstrates clearly how the relative decline in the American economy is clearly linked to the persistence of racism. He argues that capitalists are not a class with a monolithic and unchanging interest in a particular form of racial discrimination and that the character of racism changes with the economic and political needs of different groups of capitalists. The Political Economy of Racism is a controversial book that challenges existing theories of racial discrimination and provides a radical alternative theory."--Publisher's description."
  • "Examines race through the lens of economic and institutional realities, from antebellum slavery to present-day ongoing racial disparities. The author argues that institutional racism -- beyond simply indeividual prejudice or misunerstanding -- has been, and remains, a central factor in American life and that the persistence of racism functions as a disiplinary mechanism of social control in an unequal society where money and power have frequently been threatened by interracial social struggle."

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  • "Political economy of racism"@en
  • "Political economy of racism"
  • "The political economy of racism"
  • "Political economy of racism : history and political economy"@en

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