@book {571651,
	title = {The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions},
	year = {1978},
	publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
	organization = {University of Chicago Press},
	address = {Chicago},
	abstract = {
	When first published in 1980,\&nbsp;The Declining Significance of Race\&nbsp;immediately sparked controversy with its contentious thesis that race was becoming less of a deciding factor in the life chances of black Americans than class. This new edition of the seminal book includes a new afterword in which William Julius Wilson not only reflects on the debate surrounding the book, but also presents a provocative discussion of race, class, and social policy.{\textquotedblleft}The intellectual strength of this book lies in his capacity to integrate disparate findings from historical studies, social theory and research on contemporary trends into a complex and original synthesis that challenges widespread assumptions about the cause of black disadvantage and the way to remove it.{\textquotedblright}{\textemdash}Paul Starr,\&nbsp;New York Times Book Review{\textquotedblleft}This publication is easily one of the most erudite and sober diagnoses of the American black situation. Students of race relations and anybody in a policy-making position cannot afford to bypass this study.{\textquotedblright}{\textemdash}Ernest Manheim,\&nbsp;Sociology



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},
	url = {http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo13375516.html},
	author = {William Julius Wilson}
}
