The Review of Black Political Economy articles from June 1995

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from June 1995

Tribute to James B. Stewart. (former editor of 'The Review of Black Political Economy' periodical)
June 22, 1995... James Stewart assumed the role of editor of The Review of Black Political Economy in 1987. During his tenure, the scholarly reputation of The Review increased tremendously and its administrative efficiency was impressive. The Board of Editorial...

Future sustainable Latin American growth: a need for savings.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION It is a great privilege to have been invited to deliver the W. Arthur Lewis Lecture this year. There is much personal satisfaction in speaking in honor of a man whose very conception of the development process so fully merged the...

Black women's labor market status: occupational segregation in the United States and Great Britain.
June 22, 1995... This article presents an initial exploration of the comparative labor market situation of black women in the United States and in Great Britain, with a focus on occupational distributions and segregation. As many readers are aware, Hull, Scott...

Labor force participation of black and white married women: evidence from urban labor markets.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION Labor force participation (LFP) has risen quite dramatically for both black and white women, especially married women, over the last several decades. Since 1960, for example, the LFP rate has increased about 25 percentage points...

High school athletics and the wages of black males.
June 22, 1995... INTRODUCTION The question of how to fund extracurricular programs, such as athletics, poses a dilemma for many school systems. Faced with declining budgets, school administrators have seen cutbacks in programs as a way of saving money. The...

Residential Apartheid: The American Legacy.
June 22, 1995... Twenty-seven years ago, historian Gilbert Osofsky in his classic essay, "The Enduring Ghetto," argued forcibly that "despite seeming transformation . . . the essential structure and tenure" of African American urban life had "remained remarkably...

External Linkages and Growth in Small Economies.
June 22, 1995... This edited book, described in the introductory chapter as being addressed to those concerned with how small Third World nations relate to the world economy, sets out to answer such questions as: What is the role of services in the growth of...

It Just Ain't Fair: The Ethics of Health Care for African Americans.
June 22, 1995... It Just Ain't Fair makes an extraordinary contribution to understanding the status of health care for African Americans and other underrepresented groups. Dula and Goering revisit medical ethics, disparities in access and health status, ethical...

Economy and Society.
June 22, 1995... Division of "social science" into a half dozen or more separate disciplines presumably renders it more manageable. At the margins, however, one social science often fades imperceptibly into another, rendering the drawing of demarcation lines a...

Inside Babylon: The Caribbean Diaspora in Britain.
June 22, 1995... Large numbers of West Indians left their home territories for Britain during the 1950s and 1960s. They expected better employment and educational opportunities than existed in their homelands. At the same time, their emigration provided...

Homeless Children and Youth: A New American Dilemma.
June 22, 1995... The crisis of homelessness has been with the nation for some time. The growing awareness that it is affecting ever more children and youth prompted a national conference, which was sponsored by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies in...