Description
About the Author
Vincent J. Roscigno is a Professor of Sociology at the Ohio State University. His research focuses on historical and contemporary issues of social stratification, institutions, education and work, and collective mobilization. He is currently co-editor (with Randy Hodson) of the American Sociological Review.
Reviews
This is a meticulously researched, theoretically compelling, and deeply disturbing account of how sex and race discrimination operate in the everyday lives of people. Based on case data from individuals who filed formal complaints with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, The Face of Discrimination is a must read for students and scholars interested in understanding the interactional processes that produce and sustain gender and racial inequality. -- Verta Taylor, Professor, University of California at Santa Barbara
The book is written academically but is generally accessible to others; the message is important and well articulated....Recommended. * CHOICE, April 2008 *
The data alone makes this an important study, but the analyses convincingly illustrate how real people do what needs to be done to create white and male privilege, showing us how social closure processes actually work in employment and housing. Roscigno demonstrates that interactional discrimination has far reaching consequences for reproducing racial and gender inequality in today's world. This book should be required reading not only in social science classes, but in every MBA program in the country. -- Barbara Risman, University of Illinois at Chicago, executive officer of the Council on Contemporary Families
Book Information
ISBN 9780742548084
Author Vincent J. Roscigno
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Weight(grams) 386g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 153mm * 20mm