Emerging Intersections : : Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice / / ed. by Bonnie Thornton Dill, Ruth Enid Zambrana.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• TeilnehmendeR: Collins, Patricia.; Dance, L. Janelle.; Dill, Bonnie Thornton.; Frasure, Lorrie Ann.; Gatta, Mary.; Henderson, Debra.; Higginbotham, Elizabeth.; Jones-Deweever, Avis.; MacDonald, Victoria-Maria.; Manuel, Tiffany.; McLaughlin, Amy.; Schram, Sanford.; Tickamyer, Ann.; Williams, Linda Faye.; Zambrana, Ruth Enid.
• MitwirkendeR: Dance, L. Janelle,; Enid Zambrana, Ruth,; Frasure, Lorrie Ann,; Gatta, Mary,; Henderson, Debra,; Higginbotham, Elizabeth,; Hill Collins, Patricia,; Jones-Deweever, Avis,; MacDonald, Victoria-María,; Manuel, Tiffany,; McLaughlin, Amy,; Schram, Sanford,; Thornton Dill, Bonnie,; Tickamyer, Ann,; Williams, Linda Faye,
• HerausgeberIn: Dill, Bonnie Thornton,; Zambrana, Ruth Enid,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)

The United States is known as a "melting pot" yet this mix tends to be volatile and contributes to a long history of oppression, racism, and bigotry. Emerging Intersections, an anthology of ten previously unpublished essays, looks at the problems of inequality and oppression from new angle...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword: Emerging Intersections-Building Knowledge and Transforming Institutions
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Critical Thinking about Inequality: An Emerging Lens
• 2. Entering a Profession: Race, Gender, and Class in the Lives of Black Women Attorneys
• 3. The Intersection of Poverty Discourses: Race, Class, Culture, and Gender
• 4. Staggered Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
• 5. Developing Policy to Address the Lived Experiences of Working Mothers
• 6. Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Maternity Leave Decisions: Implications for Public Policy
• 7. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Workforce, Education, and Training under Welfare Reform
• 8. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Early School Leaving (Dropping Out)
• 9. Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Political Participation and Civic Engagement
• 10. Intersections, Identities, and Inequalities in Higher Education
• 11. Transforming the Campus Climate through Institutions, Collaboration, and Mentoring
• 12. Conclusion: Future Directions in Knowledge Building and Sustaining Institutional Change
• Contributors
• Index