Unlevel Playing Fields: Understanding Wage Inequality and Discrimination, Second Edition

After all the gains of the civil rights and women's movements, why are African Americans and women still faring poorly when it comes to wages, employment levels, and the distribution of jobs? Unlevel Playing Fields tackles this critical question by presenting two contrasting economic theories--neoclassical and political economy and showing how each theory explains discrimination and inequality in the labor market.

The second edition of this engaging volume has been revised and updated, and now includes more than 50 years of employment trends and data.

Randy Albelda is Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She writes frequently on poverty, women's economic status, welfare reform, income inequality, and state and local finance. Her books include Economics and Feminism: Disturbances in the Field, and The War on the Poor: A Defense Manual (with Nancy Folbre).

Robert W. Drago is Professor of Labor Studies and Women's Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. He serves on the Board of the Alliance of Work/Life Professionals, and is an Advisory Council member for Working Mother magazine's annual "Top 100" list.

Steven Shulman is Professor of Economics at Colorado State University. He writes on the relationship between family structure and racial inequality.

The Economic Affairs Bureau, Inc. is the publisher of Dollars & Sense: The Magazine of Economic Justice.