The janus face of race: Rhonda M. Williams on orthodox economics schizophrenia

Mason, Patrick L. (2002): The janus face of race: Rhonda M. Williams on orthodox economics schizophrenia. Published in: Review of Black Political Economy , Vol. 29, No. 4 (March 2002): pp. 63-75.

Abstract

This paper provides an evaluation the intellectual contributions of Rhonda M. Williams. Specifically, we focus on Williams' theoretical and empirical contributions to the political economy of race.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: intellectual history; black political economy; political economy of race; discrimination
• Subjects: Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B3 - History of Economic Thought: Individuals; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants ; Non-labor Discrimination

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