Concentrates on ethnic minorities such as former slaves, outcastes and indigenous peoples dispossessed of homeland. This book asks why these socially excluded groups remain at the bottom of their social hierarchies as the poorest of the poor, even in nations long committed to equal opportunity. The book concentrates on socially excluded minorities looking at why such groups remain among "the poorest of the poor" and focusing on US African Americans, Japan's Burakumin, Afro-Cubans, the Dalits of India, and the Quechua and Aymara of Bolivia.
Concentrates on ethnic minorities such as former slaves, outcastes and indigenous peoples dispossessed of homeland. This book asks why these socially excluded groups remain at the bottom of their social hierarchies as the poorest of the poor, even in nations long committed to equal opportunity.The book concentrates on socially excluded minorities looking at why such groups remain among "the poorest of the poor" and focusing on US African Americans, Japan's Burakumin, Afro-Cubans, the Dalits of India, and the Quechua and Aymara of Bolivia.
Jacob Meerman, a Chicago Ph.D. in economics, is a Scholar in Residence at American University, Washington D.C. He has held several academic positions, most recently as visiting professor at the National University of Malaysia. During his quarter century with the World Bank, he carried out a pioneering study of who benefits from government expenditure and has extensive experience in developing projects including the main trunk highway in Bolivia, irrigation in Madagascar, and export crops in Rwanda.
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1: Theory 1. Introduction 2. Stigmatized Ranked Ethnic Low Status Involuntary Minorities 3. A Mobility Model for Stigmatized Ranked Ethnic Low Status Involuntary Minorities Part 2: Case Studies 4. The Dalits and Human Rights: The Indian Dilemma 5. The Mobility of Japan's Bukakumin 6. The Cuban Case: Can Stateways Change Folkways? 7. Bolivia's Highland Indians: Oppressed by not Conquered 8. US African Americans Part 3: Comparisons 9. Comparisons and Epilogue.
Part 1: Theory 1. Introduction 2. Stigmatized Ranked Ethnic Low Status Involuntary Minorities 3. A Mobility Model for Stigmatized Ranked Ethnic Low Status Involuntary Minorities Part 2: Case Studies 4. The Dalits and Human Rights: The Indian Dilemma 5. The Mobility of Japan's Bukakumin 6. The Cuban Case: Can Stateways Change Folkways? 7. Bolivia's Highland Indians: Oppressed by not Conquered 8. US African Americans Part 3: Comparisons 9. Comparisons and Epilogue.
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