The Review of Black Political Economy articles from March 1994

The Review of Black Political Economy archives from March 1994

Blacks in rural America: socioeconomic status and policies to enhance economic well-being. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... Numerous studies document the socioeconomic status of blacks vis-a-vis whites. One salient study, A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society, reports that By almost all aggregate statistical measures--incomes and living standards; health...

Federal agricultural policies: do black farm operators benefit? (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... From their inception in the early 1930s agricultural programs have had two primary policy goals--the support of farm income and the stabilization of agricultural prices. However, the effectiveness of various mechanisms used to achieve these goals...

Structural changes in U.S. agriculture: implications for African American farmers. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... The trend toward greater economic concentration in agricultural production has been of considerable interest to agricultural researchers and public policymakers. Much of the interest is centered around (1) the alarming rate at which the number of...

Survival strategies of successful black farmers. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... Since the 1950s, the U.S. agricultural sector has undergone tremendous structural changes. A recent study showed that between 1950 and 1987 the number of farms declined from 5.4 million to roughly 2.2 million, average farm size increased from 200...

Economic development in southern black belt counties: how does it measure up? (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... The economy in the South, and the rural South in particular, has historically lagged other regions of the country. However, over the past few decades, the South has experienced sizeable economic gains, particularly in population and employment,...

African Americans in southern rural regions: the importance of legacy. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... The possibilities for underestimating the importance of the legacy of race, class, and culture among African Americans in the rural South are increasingly evident.(1) Recent research implies that this legacy is less important than other social...

Employment hardship and rural minorities: theory, research, and policy. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... Recent work on the urban underclass has focused national attention on the problem of ghetto poverty and highlighted the unmistakable links between race, class and poverty in urban America. It may be surprising to many that when key race and...

Income inequities between black and white populations in southern nonmetropolitan counties. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... A recent study of political representation in rural Mississippi found that blacks have their greatest electoral success in those communities characterized by slow economic growth, high levels of impoverishment, and large black populations.(1) It...

Determinants of poverty among workers in metro and nonmetro areas of the South. (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... During the past five years, considerable attention has been devoted to dilemmas of the working poor. There is a growing recognition that a significant portion of this population is poor not because of a lack of motivation to work but because of...

Domestic food programs, hunger and undernutrition in rural America: how secure is the safety net? (Special Issue: Blacks in Rural America)
March 22, 1994... Domestic food assistance programs have emerged as an important and highly scrutinized policy mechanism designed to be used, in conjunction with other means-tested transfer programs, to ensure a socially acceptable minimum welfare safety net for...