Divided Opportunities: Minorities, Poverty, and Social Policy.

This volume examines the socioeconomic status of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States their experiences with poverty and the effects of federal social policies on these groups. Specific chapters cover the economic status of different minority groups family and intergenerational processes and social policies toward minority groups from 1787 to 1987. Several chapters present original data analyses and discuss the policy implications of this information for minorities. (EXCERPT)