Valdez Entrepreneurs and the Search for the American Dream

Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-1-317-41328-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 76 Seiten

Reihe: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

The book provides a corrective to the American Dream ideology that with hard work and a positive attitude, anyone can own a successful business in America.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valdez, Zulema

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Forward Preface Acknowledgements I. Who is an Entrepreneur and What is Entrepreneurship? II. Entrepreneurs Striving for the American Dream III. Are American Entrepreneurs as Diverse as We Think? Understanding Trends and Group Differences IV. Joe the Plumber and the Myth of New Small Businesses as "Job Creators" V. The False-Positive Claim: Recessions Stimulate Entrepreneurship VI. Conclusion Bibliography Glossary/Index

Über Autor(innen)

Zulema Valdez is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Merced. Her interests include intersectionality, Latino/a Sociology, and social inequality. She is the author of The New Entrepreneurs: How Race, Class and Gender Shape American Enterprise (Stanford, 2011).