Socio-economic Mobility and Low-status Minorities by Jacob Meerman

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The book concentrates on socially excluded minorities looking at why such groups remain among "the poorest of the poor" and focusing on US African Americans, Japan’s Burakumin, Afro-Cubans, the Dalits of India, and the Quechua and Aymara of Bolivia.

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Socio-economic Mobility and Low-status Minorities by Jacob Meerman

The book concentrates on socially excluded minorities looking at why such groups remain among the poorest of the poor and focusing on US African Americans, Japan's Burakumin, Afro-Cubans, the Dalits of India, and the Quechua and Aymara of Bolivia.

Jacob Meerman, a Chicago Ph.D. in economics, is a Scholar in Residence at American University, Washington D.C. He has held several academic positions, most recently as visiting professor at the National University of Malaysia. During his quarter century with the World Bank, he carried out a pioneering study of who benefits from government expenditure and has extensive experience in developing projects including the main trunk highway in Bolivia, irrigation in Madagascar, and export crops in Rwanda.

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ISBN 13 9780415694445
ISBN 10 0415694442
Title Socio-economic Mobility and Low-status Minorities
Author Jacob Meerman
Series Routledge Advances In Social Economics
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2011-08-17
Number of pages 24
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