Russell Sage Foundation: 45 books
by Katharine M. Donato, Donna Gabaccia
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2015
In 2006, the United Nations reported on the “feminization” of migration, noting that the number of female migrants had doubled over the last five decades. Likewise, global awareness of issues like human trafficking and the exploitation of immigrant domestic workers has increased attention to the...
Places in Need
The Changing Geography of Poverty
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
Americans think of suburbs as prosperous areas that are relatively free from poverty and unemployment. Yet, today more poor people live in the suburbs than in cities themselves. In Places in Need, social policy expert Scott W. Allard tracks how the number of poor people living in suburbs has more...
Redefining Race
Asian American Panethnicity and Shifting Ethnic Boundaries
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
In 2012, the Pew Research Center issued a report that named Asian Americans as the “highest-income, best-educated, and fastest-growing racial group in the United States.” Despite this seemingly optimistic conclusion, over thirty Asian American advocacy groups challenged the findings. As many pointed...
Experimenting with Social Norms
Fairness and Punishment in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Questions about the origins of human cooperation have long puzzled and divided scientists. Social norms that foster fair-minded behavior, altruism and collective action undergird the foundations of large-scale human societies, but we know little about how these norms develop or spread, or why the...
Where Bad Jobs Are Better
Retail Jobs Across Countries and Companies
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Retail is now the largest employer in the United States. For the most part, retail jobs are “bad jobs” characterized by low wages, unpredictable work schedules, and few opportunities for advancement. However, labor experts Françoise Carré and Chris Tilly show that these conditions are not inevitable....
by Jennifer Lee, Min Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Asian Americans are often stereotyped as the “model minority.” Their sizeable presence at elite universities and high household incomes have helped construct the narrative of Asian American “exceptionalism.” While many scholars and activists characterize this as a myth, pundits claim that...
Hard Bargains
The Coercive Power of Drug Laws in Federal Court
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
The convergence of tough-on-crime politics, stiffer sentencing laws, and jurisdictional expansion in the 1970s and 1980s increased the powers of federal prosecutors in unprecedented ways. In Hard Bargains, social psychologist Mona Lynch investigates the increased power of these prosecutors in our...
Bridging the Gaps
College Pathways to Career Success
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2017
College-for-all has become the new American dream. Most high school students today express a desire to attend college, and 90% of on-time high school graduates enroll in higher education in the eight years following high school. Yet, degree completion rates remain low for non-traditional students—students...
Engines of Anxiety
Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Students and the public routinely consult various published college rankings to assess the quality of colleges and universities and easily compare different schools. However, many institutions have responded to the rankings in ways that benefit neither the schools nor their students. In Engines of...
What Works for Workers?
Public Policies and Innovative Strategies for Low-Wage Workers
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2014
The majority of new jobs created in the United States today are low-wage jobs, and a fourth of the labor force earns no more than poverty-level wages. Policymakers and citizens alike agree that declining real wages and constrained spending among such a large segment of workers imperil economic prosperity...
Unequal City
Race, Schools, and Perceptions of Injustice
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Chicago has long struggled with racial residential segregation, high rates of poverty, and deepening class stratification, and it can be a challenging place for adolescents to grow up. Unequal City examines the ways in which Chicago’s most vulnerable residents navigate their neighborhoods, life...
Labor's Love Lost
The Rise and Fall of the Working-Class Family in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Two generations ago, young men and women with only a high-school degree would have entered the plentiful industrial occupations which then sustained the middle-class ideal of a male-breadwinner family. Such jobs have all but vanished over the past forty years, and in their absence ever-growing numbers...
Private Equity at Work
When Wall Street Manages Main Street
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Private equity firms have long been at the center of public debates on the impact of the financial sector on Main Street companies. Are these firms financial innovators that save failing businesses or financial predators that bankrupt otherwise healthy companies and destroy jobs? The first comprehensive...
Diversity and Disparities
America Enters a New Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
The United States is more diverse than ever before. Increased immigration has added to a vibrant cultural fabric, and women and minorities have made significant strides in overcoming overt discrimination. At the same time, economic inequality has increased significantly in recent decades, and the...