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Our compelling interests : the value of diversity for democracy and a prosperous society / edited by Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor.

Contributor(s): Lewis, Earl [editor.] | Cantor, Nancy [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Our compelling interests (Series): Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691178837 (pbk); 0691178836 (pbk)Subject(s): Cultural pluralism -- Political aspects -- United States | Cultural pluralism -- Economic aspects -- United States | Democracy -- Social aspects -- United States | Civil society -- United States | Political sociology -- United StatesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : the value of diversity for democracy and a prosperous society / Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor -- The "diversity explosion" is America's twenty-first-century baby boom / William H. Frey -- Less separate, still unequal : diversity and equality in "post-civil rights" America / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Toward a connected society / Danielle Allen -- The economic value of diversity / Anthony Carnevale and Nicole Smith -- The diversity of diversity / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Group interactions in building a connected society / Patricia Gurin -- Diversity and institutional life : levels and objects / Ira Katznelson -- Diversity as a strategic advantage : a sociodemographic perspective / Marta Tienda.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West E184.A1 O87 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903531032

Introduction : the value of diversity for democracy and a prosperous society / Earl Lewis and Nancy Cantor -- The "diversity explosion" is America's twenty-first-century baby boom / William H. Frey -- Less separate, still unequal : diversity and equality in "post-civil rights" America / Thomas J. Sugrue -- Toward a connected society / Danielle Allen -- The economic value of diversity / Anthony Carnevale and Nicole Smith -- The diversity of diversity / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Group interactions in building a connected society / Patricia Gurin -- Diversity and institutional life : levels and objects / Ira Katznelson -- Diversity as a strategic advantage : a sociodemographic perspective / Marta Tienda.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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