State and Discrimination - Other Side of the Cold War

A discussion of state policy and the affect that popular pressure for affirmative action has upon it. The development of state policies in advanced capitalist and socialist countries are compared in four countries: the USSR and the USA, and Canada and Hungary.

List of contents

Preface, Introduction, 1 Scarcity or Surplus: Which Is the Problem?, 2 The Microeconomics of Discrimination, 3 The Volatility of State Policy Before 1948, 4 The Steady Breakdown of Segregation and Discrimination by the State After 1948, 5 Discrimination in Advanced Capitalist Non-Superpowers, 6 Affirmative Action and Environmental Policy in the USSR Since the Revolution, 7 Discrimination and Segregation in Advanced Socialist Non-Superpowers, 8 Conclusions, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, About the Author

About the author

Lynn Turgeon is Professor of Economics at Hofstra University. Ideas for this book were stimulated by his sabbatical leave in Budapest in 1985, when he studied Gypsies; it reflects his extensive travels in Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. and his Fulbright lectureship at Moscow State University in 1978. He is also au thor of The Advanced Capita list System, published by M. E. Sharpe in 1980.

Summary

A discussion of state policy and the affect that popular pressure for affirmative action has upon it. The development of state policies in advanced capitalist and socialist countries are compared in four countries: the USSR and the USA, and Canada and Hungary.

Product details

• Authors: Lynn Turgeon, Turgeon Lynn
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780873325325
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-532-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, Ungarn, Kanada, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Volkswirtschaftslehre, Canada, Economics, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Political structure & processes, Hungary, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, Political structure and processes, Central government policies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet