Race and Inequality

by Paul M. Sniderman

Book by Sniderman, Paul M

159 pages

About the author

Paul Sniderman is a professor of political science at Stanford University (Stanford, CA), and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

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Reviews

[Steven Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sniderman explores the interrelationship among different stands of American public opinion. Using survey research data, he fiunds that the deeply ingrained American value of individualism, including the belief that (Page 117) ". . .anybody can make it, whatever his or her circumstances, if only he or she tries. . . ." One result? Resistance to concepts of racial equality. An interesting analysis. . . .