Stratification Economics and Disability Justice

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-009-55597-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Stratification Economics: Economics and Social Identity

In Stratification Economics and Disability Justice, Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards explore how the work of Black disabled activists can and should inform economic analysis of inequality in the United States. Presenting evidence of disability-based inequality from economics, sociology, disability studies, and beyond, they make a case for the inclusion of ableism alongside racism and misogyny in stratification economics' analysis of intergroup disparity. The book highlights the limitations of traditional economic analyses and elevates quantitative and qualitative intersectional research methods across four key areas in stratification economics: employment, health, wealth, and education. Chapters also recommend public policies to advance fair employment, healthcare access, and equal education for Black disabled people in the US Incisive and compelling, Stratification Economics and Disability Justice follows the lead of Black disabled activists pursuing intersectional advancement of economic justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hollowell, Adam

Bentley-Edwards, Keisha

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. Stratification Economics and Disability Justice; 2. Employment; 3. Health; 4. Wealth; 5. Education; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Hollowell, Adam
Adam Hollowell is Senior Research Associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and director of the Inequality Studies minor at Duke University. He teaches ethics and inequality studies across multiple departments at Duke University, including the Kenan Institute for Ethics, the Program in Education, the Department of History, and the Sanford School of Public Policy. He is a co-author, with Jamie McGhee, of You Mean It or You Don't: James Baldwin's Radical Challenge (2022) and a contributor to The Pandemic Divide: How COVID Increased Inequality in America (2022).

Bentley-Edwards, Keisha
Keisha Bentley-Edwards is the Associate Director of Research and Director of the Health Equity Working Group for the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Duke University. She is the Co-Director of Duke's Clinical and Translational Science Institute for Equity in Research. Her research investigating the role of structural racism, gender, and culture on health and education has been supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, IBM, and the National Institutes of Health.