{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-racism-the-persistence-of-anti-blackness-in-the-united-states-hardback-9781509547081","title":"The Political Economy of Racism; The Persistence of Anti-Blackness in the United States (Hardback) 9781509547081","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Political Economy of Racism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Persistence of Anti-Blackness in the United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichelle Holder (Author), Jeannette Wicks-Lim (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509547081, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 December 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 3.3 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Holder and Wicks-Lim's exceptional volume provides a long overdue reckoning with the central role of anti-Blackness in the US economy. \u003ci\u003eThe Political Economy of Racism\u003c\/i\u003e challenges popular mythology about racial outcomes by providing a theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded analysis of the history of anti-Black racism and its persistence in stratifying the US into a racial order that provides structural advantages on the basis of Whiteness and disadvantages of Blackness. As a beacon of light at the end of a very dark tunnel into which the US is rapidly moving.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina Banks, Bucknell University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a landmark publication in stratification economics - an approach that examines socioeconomic and wealth inequality within and between social groups. From this perspective racial groups differ according to their access to resources, not biogenetic characteristics. It is a must-read for a wide audience: an undergraduate introduction, a reference text for graduate students, an important source for activists and policymakers, a guide for theorists, and it provides for general readers a highly informative text on inequality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick L. Mason, University of Massachusetts Amherst\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does racial inequality in America persist? In this important textbook, Michelle Holder and Jeannette Wicks-Lim answer this question by introducing readers to the innovative field of stratification economics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStratification economics offers an antidote to conventional economics’ hyper-focus on individuals and disregard for how politics shapes the economy. It spotlights how groups – such as racial groups – compete to gain favorable positions in society through political and economic domination. The book fuses stratification economics with intersectional theory to illuminate how gender and ethnicity intertwine with racial oppression. Holder and Wicks-Lim argue that anti-Black racism developed and persists because it protects the interests of a politically dominant social group: White Americans. This argument is demonstrated across multiple arenas: education, employment, wealth, and the criminal legal system. Policy intervention – through government action spurred by social movements – is necessary for achieving racial equity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eList of Figures and Tables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part One: How We Use Stratification Economics to Analyze Anti-Blackness in the United States\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1 Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2 The Construction of Race and the Origins of Racism in the United States\u003cbr\u003e 3 Afro-Latinxs and Anti-Blackness\u003cbr\u003e 4 An Intersectional Approach to Stratification Economics\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part Two: Demonstrating How Anti-Blackness Stratifies the U.S. Economy\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Primer to Part Two\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5 Education: Unequal Access, Unequal Outcomes\u003cbr\u003e 6 Unemployment, Occupational Crowding, Wage Inequality And Anti-Blackness in the Labor Market\u003cbr\u003e 7 Wealth and Anti-Blackness: The Case of Black Women\u003cbr\u003e 8 The Criminal Legal System: Hardening the Racial Divide\u003cbr\u003e 9 Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReferences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics%20%5BKC%5D%22\"\u003eKC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441808535832,"sku":"9781509547081","price":50.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509547081.jpg?v=1785026383","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-political-economy-of-racism-the-persistence-of-anti-blackness-in-the-united-states-hardback-9781509547081","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}