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Thomas Shapiro

Sociology

#766

World Rank

#895

Historical Rank

#329

USA Rank

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Sociology

Thomas Shapiro's Degrees

PhD Sociology Northwestern University
Masters Sociology Northwestern University

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According to Wikipedia, Thomas M. Shapiro is a professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Brandeis University and is the author of The Hidden Cost of Being African American and the co-author of Black Wealth/White Wealth. Shapiro's current professional titles include the Pokross Professor of Law and Social Policy and the Director of the Institute on Assets and Social Policy. The primary areas of focus for Shapiro's research and publications are racial inequality and public policy.

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Thomas Shapiro's Published Works

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Black Wealth, White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality. (1995) (1940)
The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality (2004) (781)
Black Wealth/White Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequality (1997) (360)
The Roots of the Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Explaining the Black-White Economic Divide (2013) (324)
Wealth of a Nation (1990) (99)
Black Wealth/White Wealth (2018) (81)
Race, Homeownership and Wealth (2006) (80)
Population Control Politics: Women, Sterilization, and Reproductive Choice (1985) (61)
Race and wealth (1989) (46)
Family planning and female sterilization in the United States. (1983) (34)
Â€Œfamily Achievements?Â€�: How a College Degree Accumulates Wealth for Whites and Not for Blacks (2017) (26)
The Widening Racial Wealth Gap: Why Wealth Is Not Color Blind (2014) (22)
Disrupting the Racial Wealth Gap (2019) (18)
Black Wealth/White Wealth: New Perspectives on Racial Inequality. (1996) (15)
The Global Color Line: Racial And Ethnic Inequality and Struggle From a Global Perspective (1999) (14)
Great Divides: Readings in Social Inequality in the United States (2000) (11)
Building a Real "Ownership Society" (2005) (11)
Black Asset Poverty and the Enduring Racial Divide (2015) (10)
Employment Capital: How Work Builds and Protects Family Wealth and Security (2013) (8)
The Web of Wealth: Resiliency and Opportunity or Driver of Inequality? (2014) (8)
Race, Wealth, and Equality (2013) (7)
About the Institute on Assets and Social Policy (2010) (6)
Wealth Mobility of Families Raising Children in the Twenty-First Century (2016) (5)
The Widening Racial Wealth Gap (2014) (5)
Drugs and Society : A Critical Reader (1990) (4)
Enhancing Social Security for Low-Income Workers: Coordinating an Enhanced Special Minimum Benefit with Social Safety Net Provisions for Seniors (2008) (3)
The politics of wealth and inequality (1995) (2)
Prologue for Special Issue on Race and Wealth (2016) (1)
Alcoholism and alcohol abuse among regular marijuana users. (1979) (1)
A Pathway to Racial Equity: Student Debt Cancellation Policy Designs (2021) (1)
Misconstruing Social Change (1987) (1)
Eplilogue Changing Context of Black Wealth/White Wealth: 1995 to 2005 (2013) (0)
Twenty-First Century Ownership Individual and Community Stakes (2008) (0)
Tipping the Scale: How Assets Shape Economic Wellbeing for Women and Families (2015) (0)
By forging broad, nonpartisan agreement on the facts and drivers of mobility, the economic mobility project fosters policy debate and action on how best to improve economic opportunity and ensure that the American Dream is kept alive for future generations. (2013) (0)
Redesigning College Savings (529) Plans to Achieve Inclusive Child Development Accounts: A Policy Brief Developed by CDA Experts and Researchers (2021) (0)
Wealth Mobility of Families Raising Children in the Twenty-First Century (2016) (0)
Wealth Inequality Trends (2013) (0)
Research in Politics and Society, Vol. 5: The Politics of Wealth and Inequality. (1996) (0)
The Case for a Nationwide Child Development Account Policy: A Policy Brief Developed by CDA Experts and Researchers (2021) (0)
Prologue for Special Issue on Race and Wealth (2016) (0)

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