A cross-national, comparative investigation of patterns and dynamics of inter-group economic inequality. Experts discuss groups from Japan to India, attempts to remedy inter-group inequality and race and labor market outcomes in Brazil. List of illustrations vii Notes on contributors ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Boundaries of clan and color: an introduction 1(13) ASHWINI DESHPANDE AND WILLIAM DARITY, JR. 2 Race, gender and regional labor market inequalities in Brazil 14(13) PEGGY A. LOVELL 3 Earnings differentials among ethnic groups in Canada: a review of the research 27(25) MORTON A. STELCNER 4 Understanding recent empirical evidence on race and labor market outcomes in the USA 52(18) PATRICK L. MASON 5 If not reconciliation, then what? Race and the stolen generation in Australia 70(23) SAMUEL L. MYERS, JR. 6 Multiracialism and meritocracy: Singapore's approach to race and inequality 93(19) R. QUINN MOORE 7 Recasting economic inequality 112(18) ASHWINI DESHPANDE 8 The mobility of Japan's Burakumin: militant advocacy and government response 130(22) JACOB MEERMAN 9 Malaysia's New Economic Policy: has it been a success? 152(23) FARIDAH JAMALUDIN Index 175