Origins and Rationale for the African American Economic Summit
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10430732 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fatimah L C Jackson (0000-0001-6737-2181, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 173-178 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Black Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6446 • E-ISSN: 1936-4814 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12114-010-9073-z |
| OpenAlex | W2009909537 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
African American economists and related social scientists have an indispensible role to play in providing culturally-informed insight into the role of economic disadvantage in the current crisis in African American health, incarceration, wealth, housing, and education. The African American Economic Summit co-sponsored by the Institute of African American Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Research Network on Racial and Ethnic Inequality at Duke University brought together over 30 experts who provided insights into the roots of the current economic status of African Americans, its broad impact on the quality of African American life, and possible remedial solutions. This volume reports on the deliberations in this first Summit
African american · Development economics · Disadvantage · Diversity (politics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Remedial education · Sociology · Summit · Employment and Welfare Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |