Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City - William Julius Wilson and the Promise of Sociology

An overview and critical appraisal of the work of influential sociologist and public intellectual William Julius Wilson.
Race, Class, and the Postindustrial City thoroughly explores the scholarship of William Julius Wilson, one of the nation's leading sociologists and public intellectuals, and the controversies surrounding his work. In addressing the connection between postindustrial cities and changing race relations, the author, who is not related to William Julius Wilson, shows how Wilson has synthesized competing theories of race relations, urban sociology, and public policy into a refocused liberal analysis of postindustrial America. Combining intellectual biography, the sociology of knowledge, and theoretical analyses of sociological debates relevant to African Americans, this book provides both appraisal and critique, ultimately assessing Wilson's contribution to the sociological canon.

About the author

Frank Harold Wilson is Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Harold Wilson
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.05.2004
• EAN: 9780791460153
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6015-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Series: Suny Series, the New Inequalit; Suny Series, the New Inequalit
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories