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Categorically Unequal: The American Stratification System
Douglas S. Massey

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

The United States holds the dubious distinction of having the most unequal income distribution of any advanced industrialized nation. While other developed countries face similar challenges from globalization and technological change, none rivals America's singularly poor record for equitably distributing the benefits and burdens of recent economic shifts. In Categorically Unequal, Douglas Massey weaves together history, political economy, ...

Spin Cycle: How Research Is Used in Policy Debates: The Case of Charter Schools
Jeffrey R. Henig

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2008

One important aim of social science research is to provide unbiased information that can help guide public policies. However, social science is often construed as politics by other means. Nowhere is the polarized nature of social science research more visible than in the heated debate over charter schools. In Spin Cycle , noted political scientist and education expert Jeffrey Henig explores how controversies over the charter school movement ...

The Future of the Family

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2006

High rates of divorce, single-parenthood, and nonmarital cohabitation are forcing Americans to reexamine their definition of family. This evolving social reality requires public policy to evolve as well. "The Future of the Family" brings together the top scholars of family policy—headlined by editors Lee Rainwater, Tim Smeeding, and, in his last published work, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan—to take stock of the state of the ...

America Works: Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional U.S. Labor Market

1 review
Richard B. Freeman

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

Eye opener
Freeman offers an eye-opening perspective on the forces that have changed and developed the U.S. Labor Market. He highlights what he perceives to be it's biggest problems and offers explanations as well as recommendations to help the U.S. Labor Market. The final chapters really get past all of the historical forces that have brought it to where it is and offer a view of the future and challenges ...

Punishment and Inequality in America

3 reviews
Bruce Western

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

A Prison Employee
This is a book the policy makers and students and everyone in-between would be well served by reading. It can be a little repetitive at times, but the author makes his points well. One of the strengths of this book is that through painstaking but necessary detail in the analysis, the author shows how incarceration damages the lives of those already affected by inequality. Most authors draw ...

Street Level Bureaucracy (Publications of Russell Sage Foundation)

2 reviews
Michael Lipsky

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1983

Street-level Bureaucrats as Policy Makers
In this book, Lipsky examines the critical role of street-level bureaucrats in the policy-making and/or policy implementation process. The traditional model of public policy theory assumes that policy choices are made by the elected political executives and the implementation of those choices are left to the jurisdiction of bureaucrats. Lipsky challenges this line of argument/belief on the basis ...

Families That Work: Policies For Reconciling Parenthood And Employment
Janet C. Gornick, Marcia K. Meyers

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2005

Parents around the world grapple with the common challenge of balancing work and childcare. Despite common problems, the advanced, industrialized nations have developed dramatically different social and labor market policies—policies that vary widely in the level of support they provide for parents and the extent to which they encourage an equal division of labor between parents as they balance work and care. In Families That Work, Janet ...

Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and Race

2 reviews
Edward E. Telles, Vilma Ortiz

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2008

Social science at its objective best
UCLA sociologists Edward E. Telles and Vilma Ortiz write: "Despite sixty years of political and legal battles to improve the education of Mexican Americans, they continue to have the lowest average education levels and the highest high school dropout rates among major ethnic and racial groups in the United States. ... However, leading analysts, apparently believing in the universality of ...

Making Ends Meet: How Single Mothers Survive Welfare and Low-Wage Work

5 reviews
Kathryn Edin, Laura Lein

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1997

Throw away all the old data and read this
Excellent statistical and investigative work that predates, but informs, much of the information we will get about the efficacy of welfare reform. Supports of both Charles Murray and Christopher Jencks will find materials in here that support and challenge their views. There are a few methodological problems with this book, however. Because the authors rely on word-of-mouth for their data sample, ...

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration

3 reviews
Douglas S. Massey

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2003

Excellent overview by one of our foremost immigration scholars
Most popular discussions of contemporary U.S. immigration ignore history and the "facts on the ground." Massey lays out the history of Mexico-U.S. migration. He provides convincing evidence that stepped-up border enforcement efforts since the early 1990s have been both deadly and counterproductive. He argues forcefully for an immigration policy that takes the realities of U.S.-Mexican social and ...

Well-Being: The Foundations of Hedonic Psychology

1 review

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2003

Great reference material
The book is highly recommendable for those interested in hedonic psychology especially Subjective Well-Being (a.k.a. Happiness). It covers a wide range of chapters which include definitions, measurement, clarifications/reactions, recent findings and researches. Its probable drawback is that, to a certain degree, it is somewhat very technical in approach. Not too many readers might easily grasp ...

Detroit Divided

2 reviews
Reynolds Farley, Sheldon Danziger, ...

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2002

Well-researched, fascinating view of SE Mich
Detroit Divided covers many issues well-known to residents of SE Michigan - issues such as racism, the labor market, housing, transportation, etc., always coming back to the question of what factors influence the segregation of the city and its suburbs. It was published in 2000, and is still quite up-to date, but there is no mention of the influence of recent changes in Detroit's downtown, such ...

Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years

1 review
Claude S. Fischer, Michael Hout

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2006

Quick, clear, objective, interesting sociological overview of what America is like today
Berkeley sociology professors Fischer and Hout give a great overview of what America is like and how it changed from 1900 to 2000 using quality survey data. They identify and summarize trends but mostly refrain from drawing strong conclusions. They write well and the chapters are pleasantly short. Why buy the book? (1) This is an excellent resource for when you need a quote or a ...

Beyond the Boycott: Labor Rights, Human Rights, and Transnational Activism (American Sociological ...
Gay W. Seidman

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

As the world economy becomes increasingly integrated, companies can shift production to wherever wages are lowest and unions weakest. How can workers defend their rights in an era of mobile capital? With national governments forced to compete for foreign investment by rolling back legal protections for workers, fair trade advocates are enlisting consumers to put market pressure on companies to treat their workers fairly. In Beyond the ...

Trust In Schools: A Core Resource For Improvement (Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose ...

2 reviews
Anthony S. Bryk

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2004

recommendation from Modern Red SchoolHouse
I'm ordering this book on the strength of comments made by Dr. Sally Kilgore, President and CEO of Modern Red SchoolHouse: Q. What have you read lately that has influenced you? The book in education that I have been mulling over is called Trust in Schools. It is authored by Barbara Schneider and Tony Bryk at the University of Chicago, who have been engaged in helping Chicago schools for ...

Immigrants and Boomers: Forging a New Social Contract for the Future of America

4 reviews
Dowell Myers

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

A New Perspective for the Immigrant Debate
Dowell Myers is a professor, urban planner, and numbers cruncher as well as a good thinker and clear writer. In this book, he has used his synthesizing ability to write a cogent argument about the mutual need that the aging baby boomers and many immigrants have for each other. He states at the outset: "This book is a river of discovery formed of many tributaries, each of which began in ...

Learning Together: A History of Coeducation in American Public Schools

1 review
David Tyack, Elisabeth Hansot

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1992

American Schools
This is an excellent book that should be read by all in education. The history of coeducation and the driving forces in education are clearly presented and discussed. Very informative.

Cooperation Without Trust? (The Russell Sage Foundation Series on Trust)
Karen S. Cook, Russell Hardin, ...

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

Some social theorists claim that trust is necessary for the smooth functioning of a democratic society. Yet many recent surveys suggest that trust is on the wane in the United States. Does this foreshadow trouble for the nation? In "Cooperation Without Trust?" Karen Cook, Russell Hardin, and Margaret Levi argue that a society can function well in the absence of trust. Though trust is a useful element in many kinds of relationships, they contend ...

Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons
Charles Tilly

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 1989

Changing Rhythms of American Family Life (Rose Series in Sociology)

1 review
Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, ...

Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2007

Landmark analysis of American family time use
Using state-of-the-art data and methods, and addressing the most pressing problems of American family life, this book is a must read for anyone interested in the family division of labor, work-family time conflicts, and gender inequality. (Disclaimer: former student of one of the authors, but independent and accurate review, honest!)

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