Thursday, January 15, 2009

Methods of Moments and Semiparametric Methods for Limited Dependent and Variable Models or Race Class Gender

Methods of Moments and Semiparametric Methods for Limited Dependent and Variable Models

Author: Myoung Jae J Le

The classical econometric approach to modelling has been to specify a model up to a finite-dimensional parameter vector, and estimation and testing techniques have been widely used on these finite-dimensional parameter spaces. In the last fifteen years or so, however, new methods have been developed to allow more flexible models which utilize infinite-dimensional parameters.



Read also Assassins Gate or Benjamin Franklin

Race, Class, & Gender: Common Bonds, Different Voices

Author: Esther N L Chow

Published in cooperation with Sociologists for Women in Society How do race, class, and gender interrelate? How does the interlocking of race, class, and gender form patterns of social relations and develop into hierarchical orders? What are the dilemmas and contradictions created by the simultaneity of race, class, and gender? How can feminist scholarship based on the complex understanding of the interlocking nature of race, class, and gender transform our knowledge and social life? In Race, Class & Gender, an accomplished cast of contributors with a great diversity of backgrounds--ranging from sociology, African American studies, Chicano studies, ethnic studies, and gender studies--addresses these important issues and much more. This new anthology--significantly derived from a special issue of the journal Gender & Society--seeks to bring understanding to the complex intersections of race, class, and gender. The editors have chosen selections that take the study of race, class, and gender beyond their usual context--that of social stratification--and locate them in the wider sociological world. This informative volume's broad scope and interdisciplinary emphasis make it an invaluable contribution to the study of social organizations. Offering a comprehensive examination of race, class, and gender, this important volume will be vital to professionals and students in the fields of gender, sociology, race/ethnicity, social problems and theory, and it should appeal to the general public that seeks to enhance personal learning in this subject area.

Booknews

Chronicles, in loving detail, the efforts of writers and publishers producing resistance publications in occupied Europe during WWII. Looks at printing, distribution, and meeting methods used, especially methods for printing illustrations and color. Includes sections on Communist publications, women's papers, and art and literary magazines, with numerous b&w illustrations. Paper edition (unseen), $25.00. Distributed by ISBS. For general readers and students. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Transforming Knowledgment: Race, Class, and Gender
1"Always Leading Our Men in Service and Sacrifice": Amy Jacques Garvey, Feminist Black Nationalist5
2Social Location and Gender-Role Attitudes: A Comparison of Black and White Women32
3"A Way Outa No Way": Eating Problems Among African American, Latina, and White Women52
4Masculinities and Athletic Careers70
5The Effect of Economic Restructuring on Puerto Rican Women's Labor Force Participation in the Formal Sector91
6Gender and Race Effects on Occupational Prestige, Segregation, and Earnings107
7Moving Up With Kin and Community: Upward Social Mobility for Black and White Women125
8Chicana and Mexican Immigrant Women at Work: The Impact of Class, Race, and Gender on Occupational Mobility149
9Family, Feminism, and Race in America169
10Overcoming Patriarchal Constraints: The Reconstruction of Gender Relations Among Mexican Immigrant Women and Men184
11Power, Patriarchy, and Gender Conflict in the Vietnamese Immigrant Community206
12Activist Mothering: Cross-Generational Continuity in the Community Work of Women From Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods223
13The Development of Feminist Consciousness Among Asian American Women251
14Invisible Southern Black Women Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement: The Triple Constraints of Gender, Race, and Class265
15Gender, Race, and Class Politics and the Inclusion of Women in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act288
16Bringing Gender and Race In: U.S. Employment Discrimination Policy308
17Gender, Social Reproduction, and Women's Self-Organization: Considering the U.S. Welfare State335
18Doing Difference357
19Contradictions of Feminist Methodology385
About the Contributors403

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