Intersectional inequality : race, class, test scores, and poverty /

Intersectional inequality : race, class, test scores, and poverty /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ragin, Charles C., author.
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2017. ©2017
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 173 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Equality. Poverty -- United States. Race -- Social aspects -- United States. Educational equalization -- United States. Equality -- Research. Social sciences -- Methodology. Educational equalization. Equality. Equality -- Research. Poverty. Race -- Social aspects. Social sciences -- Methodology. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11269881

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Other authors / contributors:	Fiss, Peer C., author.
ISBN:	9780226414546 022641454X 9780226414379 022641437X 9780226414409 022641440X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	For over 25 years, Charles C. Ragin has developed Qualitative Comparative Analysis and related set-analytic techniques as a means of bridging qualitative and quantitative methods of research. Now, with Peer C. Fiss, Ragin uses these impressive new tools to unravel the varied conditions affecting life chances.
Other form:	Print version: Ragin, Charles C. Intersectional inequality. Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2017 9780226414379

Table of Contents:

When inequalities coincide
Policy context: test scores and life chances
Explaining poverty: the key causal conditions
From variables to fuzzy sets
Test scores, parental income, and poverty
Coinciding advantages versus coinciding disadvantages
Intersectional analysis of causal conditions linked to avoiding poverty
Conclusion: the black-white gap and the path forward for policy research.