Shaping race policy the United States in comparative perspective

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-292) and index.

Configuration of race and state : the politics of racial incorporation -- Legacies of slavery and colonialism : race and the politics of social reform -- The roots of welfare incorporation -- Postwar transformations of race and state -- Encounters with the welfare state : social security and social insurance -- Encounters with the welfare state : public assistance and "welfare" -- The development of employment discrimination policy -- Weak state, strong policy : paradoxes of antidiscrimination policy -- Toward a color-blind future : varieties of color blindness and the future of race policy.