TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allen,Danielle
AU  - Appiah,Kwame Anthony
AU  - Cantor,Nancy
AU  - Carnevale,Anthony
AU  - Frey,William H.
AU  - Gurin,Patricia
AU  - Katznelson,Ira
AU  - Lewis,Earl
AU  - Smith,Nicole
AU  - Sugrue,Thomas J.
AU  - Tienda,Marta
TI  - Our Compelling Interests: The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society 
T2  - Our Compelling Interests
SN  - 9780691178837
AV  - E184.A1 .O97 2016
U1  - 306.20973 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Civil society
KW  - United States
KW  - Cultural pluralism
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Political sociology
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Affirmative action
KW  - African Americans
KW  - American Academy of Arts and Sciences
KW  - Americans
KW  - Antonin Scalia
KW  - Associate degree
KW  - Baby boomers
KW  - Bachelor's degree
KW  - Black people
KW  - Career
KW  - Community college
KW  - Competition
KW  - Competitiveness
KW  - Consumption (economics)
KW  - Culture
KW  - Danielle Allen
KW  - Demographic transition
KW  - Demography of the United States
KW  - Demography
KW  - Distrust
KW  - Diversity Explosion
KW  - Economic inequality
KW  - Economy
KW  - Education
KW  - Educational attainment
KW  - Educational inequality
KW  - Elena Kagan
KW  - Employment
KW  - Equal Protection Clause
KW  - Equal opportunity
KW  - Ethnic group
KW  - Funding
KW  - Georgetown University
KW  - Grandparent
KW  - Group dynamics
KW  - Harvard University
KW  - Higher education
KW  - Human capital
KW  - Illegal immigration
KW  - Immigration reform
KW  - Immigration
KW  - In-group favoritism
KW  - Income distribution
KW  - Income
KW  - Institution
KW  - Intersectionality
KW  - Investment
KW  - Jews
KW  - Lecture
KW  - Legislation
KW  - Massification
KW  - Mexicans
KW  - Minority group
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Nationality
KW  - New York University
KW  - Of Education
KW  - Percentage
KW  - Person of color
KW  - Political science
KW  - Politics
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Productivity
KW  - Public policy
KW  - Race (human categorization)
KW  - Racial integration
KW  - Racial segregation
KW  - Racism
KW  - Research and development
KW  - Scott E. Page
KW  - Self-confidence
KW  - Self-esteem
KW  - Service economy
KW  - Sexual orientation
KW  - Skill
KW  - Slavery
KW  - Social capital
KW  - Social connectedness
KW  - Social inequality
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - Social organization
KW  - Social relation
KW  - Social science
KW  - Social structure
KW  - Society
KW  - Socioeconomic status
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Stereotype threat
KW  - Suburb
KW  - Sun Belt
KW  - Thomas Sugrue
KW  - University of Michigan
KW  - University system
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Welfare
KW  - Well-being
KW  - White people
KW  - Women's studies
KW  - Workforce
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Contributors --; Introduction. The Value of Diversity for Democracy and a Prosperous Society --; The “Diversity Explosion” Is America’s Twenty- first- Century Baby Boom --; Part One. Essays --; Chapter 1. Less Separate, Still Unequal: Diversity and Equality in “Post– Civil Rights” America --; Chapter 2. Toward a Connected Society --; Chapter 3. The Economic Value of Diversity --; Part Two. Commentaries --; Chapter 4. The Diversity of Diversity --; Chapter 5. Group Interactions in Building a Connected Society --; Chapter 6. Diversity and Institutional Life: Levels and Objects --; Chapter 7. Diversity as a Strategic Advantage: A Sociodemographic Perspective --; Notes --; Index --; Backmatter; restricted access
N2  - It is clear that in our society today, issues of diversity and social connectedness remain deeply unresolved and can lead to crisis and instability. The major demographic changes taking place in America make discussions about such issues all the more imperative. Our Compelling Interests engages this conversation and demonstrates that diversity is an essential strength that gives nations a competitive edge. This inaugural volume of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Our Compelling Interests series illustrates that a diverse population offers our communities a prescription for thriving now and in the future.This landmark essay collection begins with a powerful introduction situating the demographic transitions reshaping American life, and the contributors present a broad-ranging look at the value of diversity to democracy and civil society. They explore the paradoxes of diversity and inequality in the fifty years following the civil rights legislation of the 1960s, and they review the ideals that have governed our thinking about social cohesion—such as assimilation, integration, and multiculturalism—before delving into the new ideal of social connectedness. The book also examines the demographics of the American labor force and its implications for college enrollment, graduation, the ability to secure a job, business outcomes, and the economy. Contributors include Danielle Allen, Nancy Cantor, Anthony Carnevale, William Frey, Earl Lewis, Nicole Smith, Thomas Sugrue, and Marta Tienda. Commentary is provided by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Patricia Gurin, Ira Katznelson, and Marta Tienda.At a time when American society is swiftly being transformed, Our Compelling Interests sheds light on how our differences will only become more critical to our collective success
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400881260?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400881260
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