TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hero,Rodney E.
ED  - Cambridge eBooks.
TI  - Racial diversity and social capital: equality and community in America 
SN  - 9780511618826 (ebook)
AV  - HN59.2 .H474 2007
U1  - 305.800973 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - United States
KW  - Minorities
KW  - Social capital (Sociology)
KW  - Social participation
KW  - Equality
KW  - Race awareness
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1980-
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015); Introduction -- The social capital thesis -- The racial diversity thesis -- Examining social outcomes, and civic and economic equality -- Voter turnout and other forms of participation in context / with Caroline Tolbert -- Public policy outputs -- Conclusions
N2  - Race and racial diversity are important aspects of America and have been shown to substantially affect social relations and the political system, often in ways inconsistent with the values of equality. However, greater civic association and a general sense of community, embodied in the concept of social capital, are said to have tremendous beneficial effects and profoundly influence American society. This 2007 study juxtaposes and critically assesses two bodies of research that have reached different conclusions on these issues. Is America's legacy of racial inequality an 'evil twin' of the benefits of social capital? By analysing the social outcomes for racial minorities, in addition to other dimensions of American politics, the author shows that the impact of racial diversity consistently outweighs that of social capital
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