Prescriptions and policies : the social well-being of African Americans in the 1990s / edited by Dionne J. Jones.
| Other author | Jones, Dionne J. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick, U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, ©1991. |
| Description | 166 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Prescriptions and policies : the social well-being of African Americans in the 1990s / Dionne J. Jones -- Fiscal strategy, public policy, and the social agenda / Lenneal J. Henderson, Jr. -- Aiding African American communities in the post-Reagan era : how to get more African Americans in government / Hanes Walton, Jr., Daniel Brantley, and Willie E. Johnson -- Will welfare be reformed? : the possible effects of the Family Support Act on children / Lynn C. Burbridge -- African American family policy or national family policy : are they different? / Jean M. Granger -- The implications of demographic changes in the African American aged population for formal and informal care systems in the twenty-first century / Jacqueline Marie Smith. |
| Contents | Toxic waste and the African American community / Robert D. Bullard and Beverly H. Wright -- Cardiac reactivity and elevated blood pressure levels among young African Americans : the importance of stress / Ivor Lensworth Livingston and Ronald J. Marshall -- Substance abuse among America's urban youth / Omowale Amuleru-Marshall -- The coloring of IQ testing : a new name for an old phenomenon / Donna Y. Ford, J. John Harris III, and Duvon G. Winborne -- Between a rock and a hard place : drugs and schools in African American communities / William B. Harvey, Paul F. Bitting, and Tracy L. Robinson -- The college campus as a microcosm of U.S. society : the issue of racially motivated violence / Dionne J. Jones -- White racial nationalism in the United States / Ronald Walters. |
| General note | "Originally published as a special issue of the Urban League review, summer 1989/winter 1989-90"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| LCCN | 90046178 |
| ISBN | 0887388833 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | E185.86.P68 1991 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |