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Pontiac's War - Its Causes, Course and Consequences (Hardcover): Richard Middleton Pontiac's War - Its Causes, Course and Consequences (Hardcover)
Richard Middleton
R4,505 Discovery Miles 45 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Pontiac's War: Its Causes, Course, and Consequence, 1763-1765 is a compelling retelling of one of the most pivotal points in American colonial history, in which the Native peoples staged one of the most successful campaigns in three centuries of European contact. With his balanced analysis of the organization and execution of this important conflict, Middleton sheds light on the military movement that forced the British imperial forces to reinstate diplomacy to retain their authority over the region.


Spotlighting the Native American perspective, Pontiac's War presents a careful, engaging account of how very close to success those Native American forces truly came.

The Meaning of Race - Race, History and Culture in Western Society (Hardcover): Kenan Malik The Meaning of Race - Race, History and Culture in Western Society (Hardcover)
Kenan Malik
R4,967 Discovery Miles 49 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kenan Malik has done the almost impossible: written a clear and dispassionate book about a murky and passionate subject. He shows how the old errors and lies about race, class and genes have been reborn wearing a new disguise. If you believed The Bell Curve, this book will change your mind.' - Professor Steve Jones, author, The Language of The Genes and In the Blood; Illuminating, often provocative, and always stimulating, The Meaning of Race reveals how central race is to our ways of thinking and doing, so central that we do not often recognise it as such.' - Marek Kohn, author, The Race Gallery; Kenan Malik's exploration of the race question' is timely and incisive. Read it and be challenged.' - A Sivanandan, editor, Race and Class;In The Meaning of Race, Kenan Malik throws new light on the nature and origins of ideas of racial difference. He reconstructs the evolution of the modern discourse of race and investigates its meaning in contemporary society. Arguing that the concept of 'race' is a means through which Western society has come to understand the relationship between humanity, society and nature, the book re-examines the relationship between Enlightenment thought and ra

Race, Culture, and Schooling - Identities of Achievement in Multicultural Urban Schools (Hardcover): Peter C. Murrell Jr. Race, Culture, and Schooling - Identities of Achievement in Multicultural Urban Schools (Hardcover)
Peter C. Murrell Jr.
R4,497 Discovery Miles 44 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Responding to a need for greater cultural competence in the preparation and development of teachers in diverse public school settings, this book investigates the critical developmental and social processes mediating students' academic identities in those settings posing the greatest challenges to their school achievement and personal development. It provides an accessible, practice-oriented culturally responsive framework for teachers in American schools.
Murrell proposes a "situated-mediated identity theory" that emphasizes examining not just the child, not just the school environment, but also the child in-context as the unit of analysis to understand how both mutually constitute each other in the social and cultural practices of schooling. He then develops this theory into an applied psychology of "identity" and "agency development" among children and youth as well as their teachers, striving together for academic achievement in diverse school settings.
For researchers, professionals, and students in multicultural education, educational and developmental psychology, social and cultural foundations of education, and teacher education, Murrell's cultural practices approach builds on current thinking about multicultural teacher preparation and provides the practice component underpinning theories about cultural competence.

Facing Two Ways - Ghana's Coastal Communities Under Colonial Rule (Hardcover): Roger S. Gocking Facing Two Ways - Ghana's Coastal Communities Under Colonial Rule (Hardcover)
Roger S. Gocking
R3,186 Discovery Miles 31 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Facing Two Ways explores the interaction between European and African cultures within the setting of Ghana's main coastal communities. Roger S. Gocking focuses on the emergence of a distinctive ethno-cultural constellation that arose from the interaction between African and European cultures and between African cultures in the heterogeneous social setting of the coast. He recognizes nationalism as the most visible, but not necessarily the most important feature of life in coastal Africa from the late nineteenth century through the 1940's. Instead, Gocking emphasizes local initiatives in shaping African reactions to the colonial situation, including the policies of the mission churches, the operation of the judicial system, political life, and the institution of the family. He also discusses the escalation of cross fertilization of African cultures, known as the "Akanization" of the Southern Ghana area indirectly caused by colonialism.

Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies (Hardcover, New Ed): Matthias Koenig Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies (Hardcover, New Ed)
Matthias Koenig
R4,651 Discovery Miles 46 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Published in association with UNESCO, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies examines the political governance of cultural diversity, specifically how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples and migrant communities. Its principle aim is to understand, explain and assess public-policy responses to ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity. Adopting interdisciplinary perspectives of comparative social sciences, the contributors address the conditions, forms, and consequences of democratic and human-rights-based governance of multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-faith societies.

Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies (Paperback, New Ed): Matthias Koenig Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies (Paperback, New Ed)
Matthias Koenig
R1,987 Discovery Miles 19 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Published in association with UNESCO, Democracy and Human Rights in Multicultural Societies examines the political governance of cultural diversity, specifically how public policy-making has dealt with the claims for cultural recognition that have increasingly been expressed by ethno-national movements, language groups, religious minorities, indigenous peoples and migrant communities. Its principle aim is to understand, explain and assess public-policy responses to ethnic, linguistic and religious diversity. Adopting interdisciplinary perspectives of comparative social sciences, the contributors address the conditions, forms, and consequences of democratic and human-rights-based governance of multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and multi-faith societies.

Race, Culture, and Schooling - Identities of Achievement in Multicultural Urban Schools (Paperback): Peter C. Murrell Jr. Race, Culture, and Schooling - Identities of Achievement in Multicultural Urban Schools (Paperback)
Peter C. Murrell Jr.
R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Responding to a need for greater cultural competence in the preparation and development of teachers in diverse public school settings, this book investigates the critical developmental and social processes mediating students' academic identities in those settings posing the greatest challenges to their school achievement and personal development. It provides an accessible, practice-oriented culturally responsive framework for teachers in American schools.

Murrell proposes a "situated-mediated identity theory" that emphasizes examining not just the child, not just the school environment, but also the child in-context as the unit of analysis to understand how both mutually constitute each other in the social and cultural practices of schooling. He then develops this theory into an applied psychology of "identity" and "agency development" among children and youth as well as their teachers, striving together for academic achievement in diverse school settings.
For researchers, professionals, and students in multicultural education, educational and developmental psychology, social and cultural foundations of education, and teacher education, Murrell' s cultural practices approach builds on current thinking about multicultural teacher preparation and provides the practice component underpinning theories about cultural competence.

Silent Racism - How Well-meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide (Paperback): Barbara Trepagnier Silent Racism - How Well-meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide (Paperback)
Barbara Trepagnier
R1,299 Discovery Miles 12 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Vivid and engaging, Silent Racism persuasively demonstrates that silent racism - racism by people who classify themselves as "not racist" - is instrumental in the production of institutional racism. Trepagnier argues that heightened race awareness is more important in changing racial inequality than judging whether individuals are racist. The collective voices and confessions of "non-racist" white women heard in this book help reveal that all individuals harbor some racist thoughts and feelings. Trepagnier uses vivid focus group interviews to argue that the oppositional categories of racist/not racist are outdated. The oppositional categories should be replaced in contemporary thought with a continuum model that more accurately portrays today's racial reality in the United States. A shift to a continuum model can raise the race awareness of well-meaning white people and improve race relations. Offering a fresh approach, Silent Racism is an essential resource for teaching and thinking about racism in the twenty-first century.You can find more information about Silent Racism on Barbara Trepagnier's website at http: //www.silentracism.com/.

Multi-Ethnic France - Immigration, Politics, Culture and Society (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Alec G. Hargreaves Multi-Ethnic France - Immigration, Politics, Culture and Society (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Alec G. Hargreaves
R4,505 Discovery Miles 45 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This new edition of Multi-Ethnic France spans politics and economics, social structures and cultural practices and has been updated to cover events which have occurred on the national and international stage since the first edition was published. These include:

  • recent developments in the banlieues, including the riots of 2005
  • the growing visibility of sub-Saharan Africans in France's evolving ethnic mix
  • the reverberations in France of international developments such as 9/11, the second Intifada and the Iraq Wars
  • the renewed controversy over the wearing of the Islamic headscarf
  • the development of anti-discrimination policy and the debate over 'positive discrimination'.

Immigration is one of the most significant and persistent issues in contemporary France. It has become central to political debate with the rise, on one side, of Jean-Marie Le Pen's extreme right-wing party and, on the other, of Islamist terrorism. In Multi-Ethnic France Alec G. Hargreaves unmasks the prejudices and misconceptions faced by minorities of Muslim heritage and lays bare the social and political neglect behind the riots of 2005.

Including a glossary and chronology, a fully updated bibliography, and information on internet sites, this second edition is essential reading.

Multi-Ethnic France - Immigration, Politics, Culture and Society (Paperback, 2nd edition): Alec G. Hargreaves Multi-Ethnic France - Immigration, Politics, Culture and Society (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Alec G. Hargreaves
R1,304 Discovery Miles 13 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This new edition of Multi-Ethnic France spans politics and economics, social structures and cultural practices and has been updated to cover events which have occurred on the national and international stage since the first edition was published. These include:

  • recent developments in the banlieues, including the riots of 2005
  • the growing visibility of sub-Saharan Africans in France's evolving ethnic mix
  • the reverberations in France of international developments such as 9/11, the second Intifada and the Iraq Wars
  • the renewed controversy over the wearing of the Islamic headscarf
  • the development of anti-discrimination policy and the debate over 'positive discrimination'.

Immigration is one of the most significant and persistent issues in contemporary France. It has become central to political debate with the rise, on one side, of Jean-Marie Le Pen's extreme right-wing party and, on the other, of Islamist terrorism. In Multi-Ethnic France Alec G. Hargreaves unmasks the prejudices and misconceptions faced by minorities of Muslim heritage and lays bare the social and political neglect behind the riots of 2005.

Including a glossary and chronology, a fully updated bibliography, and information on internet sites, this second edition is essential reading.

The Color of Water - A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (Paperback, 10th Anniversary ed.): James McBride The Color of Water - A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother (Paperback, 10th Anniversary ed.)
James McBride
R414 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The "New York Times"bestselling story from the author of "The Good Lord Bird," winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.
Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, "The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother."

The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion--and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain.

In "The Color of Water," McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned.

At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college--and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University.

Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. "The Color of Water" touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.

D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y. - A Guide to Working with Diversity and Developing Cultural Sensitivity (Paperback): Vivian Okeze-Tirado D.I.V.E.R.S.I.T.Y. - A Guide to Working with Diversity and Developing Cultural Sensitivity (Paperback)
Vivian Okeze-Tirado
R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Being culturally competent in practice is an essential skill for any practitioner working with people. Award-winning social worker and diversity trainer Vivian Okeze-Tirado has developed an applied practice model to help you to increase your understanding of diversity and improve your cultural competency: D - Decide to be a Culturally Sensitive Practitioner I - Invite people to talk about their cultures, values, beliefs, and experiences V- Value their history, individuality(,) and differences E- Explore the client's realities, show curiosity R- Reflect upon information and knowledge received S- Scrutinise yourself I -Identify strategies to aid your work T- Train yourself to treat people, children, and families individually Y- Yield to culturally sensitive practice Encouraging you to do more than just talk about racism, this simple practice tool provides easily achievable steps and practical guidance to empower you and your colleagues tackle racism and discrimination in practice.

All Together Different - Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism (Hardcover): Daniel Katz All Together Different - Yiddish Socialists, Garment Workers, and the Labor Roots of Multiculturalism (Hardcover)
Daniel Katz
R2,888 Discovery Miles 28 880 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In the early 1930's, the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) organized large numbers of Black and Hispanic workers through a broadly conceived program of education, culture, and community involvement. The ILGWU admitted these new members, the overwhelming majority of whom were women, into racially integrated local unions and created structures to celebrate ethnic differences. All Together Different revolves around this phenomenon of interracial union building and worker education during the Great Depression. Investigating why immigrant Jewish unionists in the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) appealed to an international force of coworkers, Katz traces their ideology of a working-class based cultural pluralism, which Daniel Katz newly terms "mutual culturalism," back to the revolutionary experiences of Russian Jewish women. These militant women and their male allies constructed an ethnic identity derived from Yiddish socialist tenets based on the principle of autonomous national cultures in the late nineteenth century Russian Empire. Built on original scholarship and bolstered by exhaustive research, All Together Different offers a fresh perspective on the nature of ethnic identity and working-class consciousness and contributes to current debates about the origins of multiculturalism.

Singapore's Multiculturalism - Evolving Diversity (Paperback): Sharon Siddique, Chan Heng Chee Singapore's Multiculturalism - Evolving Diversity (Paperback)
Sharon Siddique, Chan Heng Chee; Contributions by Irna Nurlina Masron, Dominic Cooray
R1,449 Discovery Miles 14 490 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Since independence in 1965, Singapore has developed its own unique approach to managing the diversity of Race, Religion, Culture, Language, Nationality, and Age among its citizens. This approach is a consequence of many factors, including its very distinct ethnic makeup compared with its neighbours, its ambitions as a globally oriented city-state, and its small physical size. Each of these factors and many others have presented Singapore society with a range of challenges and opportunities, and will in all likelihood continue to do so for the foreseeable future. In the writing of this book, the author team set themselves the task of projecting the impact of current domestic and international social trends into the future, to anticipate what Singapore society might look like by around 2040. In doing so, they analyse the particular path that Singapore has taken since independence, in comparison with other multicultural societies and with regard to the balance between the necessity of forging a new national identity after British rule and departure from Malaysia, and the need to ensure that Singapore's ethnic minority populations remain socially enfranchised. They further consider how current trends may develop over the next couple of decades, what new challenges this may present to Singapore society, and what might be the likely responses to such challenges. In this book, Singapore is a case study of a global city facing the challenges of developed-world modernity in frequently acute ways.

Microaggressions and Social Work Research, Practice and Education (Paperback): Michael S. Spencer Microaggressions and Social Work Research, Practice and Education (Paperback)
Michael S. Spencer
R1,305 Discovery Miles 13 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

While blatant forms of racism and discrimination have largely been condemned in our society, systematic oppression and racism can be manifested in a less obvious form, as 'microaggressions'. The term, originally developed in the 1970s by Chester Peirce to describe the ways in which Black people were "put down" by their White counterparts, has since been expanded to describe both conscious and unconscious acts that reflect superiority, hostility, and racially inflicted insults and demeanors to marginalized groups of people. This book provides a platform for social work researchers, scholars, and practitioners to present their research, ideas, and practices pertaining to ways in which microaggressions and other subtle, but lethal forms of discrimination impact marginalized populations within social work and human services. Contributors discuss the impact of microaggressions in social work as they relate to race; gender and gender expression; sexual orientation; class; and spirituality. The book also examines curriculum, pedagogy, and the academic climate as targets for intervention in social work education. This book was originally published as a series of special issues of the Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work.

Islands in History and Representation (Paperback): Rod Edmond, Vanessa Smith Islands in History and Representation (Paperback)
Rod Edmond, Vanessa Smith
R1,777 Discovery Miles 17 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This innovative collection of essays explores the ways in which islands have been used, imagined and theorised, both by island dwellers and continentals. This study considers how island dwellers conceived of themselves and their relation to proximate mainlands, and examines the fascination that islands have long held in the European imagination.
The collection addresses the significance of islands in the Atlantic economy of the eighteenth century, the exploration of the Pacific, the important role played by islands in the process of decolonisation, and island-oriented developments in postcolonial writing.
Islands were often seen as natural colonies or settings for ideal communities but they were also used as dumping grounds for the unwanted, a practice which has continued into the twentieth century. The collection argues the need for an island-based theory within postcolonial studies and suggests how this might be constructed. Covering a historical span from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, the contributors include literary and postcolonial critics, historians and geographers.

Ambivalent Friends - Afro-Americans View the Immigrant (Hardcover): Arnold Shankman Ambivalent Friends - Afro-Americans View the Immigrant (Hardcover)
Arnold Shankman
R2,704 R2,044 Discovery Miles 20 440 Save R660 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ruminations - Framing a sense of self and coming to terms with the other (Hardcover): Tahir Abbas Ruminations - Framing a sense of self and coming to terms with the other (Hardcover)
Tahir Abbas
R828 Discovery Miles 8 280 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Cambridge Companion to The Essay (Paperback): Kara Wittman, Evan Kindley The Cambridge Companion to The Essay (Paperback)
Kara Wittman, Evan Kindley
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Cambridge Companion to the Essay considers the history, theory, and aesthetics of the essay from the moment it's named in the late sixteenth century to the present. What is an essay? What can the essay do or think or reveal or know that other literary forms cannot? What makes a piece of writing essayistic? How can essays bring about change? Over the course of seventeen chapters by a diverse group of scholars, The Companion reads the essay in relation to poetry, fiction, natural science, philosophy, critical theory, postcolonial and decolonial thinking, studies in race and gender, queer theory, and the history of literary criticism. This book studies the essay in its written, photographic, cinematic, and digital forms, with a special emphasis on how the essay is being reshaped and reimagined in the twenty-first century, making it a crucial resource for scholars, students, and essayists.

Health and Social Research in Multiethnic Societies (Hardcover, New): James Y. Nazroo Health and Social Research in Multiethnic Societies (Hardcover, New)
James Y. Nazroo
R4,428 Discovery Miles 44 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Issues of ethnic diversity are increasingly important in modern society and reducing inequalities in service provision is a key target of government agencies. Despite this, little has been written highlighting issues relating to health and social research in multicultural societies such as social and political contexts. Accessible and straightforward in its approach, Health and Social Research in Multiracial Societies provides an essential guide to good practice in conducting health and social research in modern multiracial societies. Topics covered include: conceptions of ethnicity; the context of ethnicity in modern societies; the ethical issues and complex political agendas that exist in research and user communities; strategies for engaging communities and users in research; cultural competence in research key methods used in health with ethnic minority groups; how to conduct research and evaluate the quality of that research. Using comprehensive case studies to illustrate the benefits and pitfalls of particular approaches, James Nazroo provides access to core issues relevant to research on ethnic minority groups. considerable and growing body of research including students, academics, researchers and research commissioners in health and social care.

Health and Social Research in Multiethnic Societies (Paperback, New Ed): James Y. Nazroo Health and Social Research in Multiethnic Societies (Paperback, New Ed)
James Y. Nazroo
R1,382 Discovery Miles 13 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Research on ethnicity is of relevance to a wide variety of health, economic and social issues in modern societies. This is reflected in the growing body of research with a focus on ethnicity. Despite this, there are no ready sources of information on the methodological issues facing such research. This volume aims to fill that gap.
Straightforward in its approach and accessible to those who are not specialists in studies of ethnicity, "Health and Social Research in Multicultural Societies" provides essential and clear guidance on appropriate methods. Topics covered include:
- Approaches to conceptualizing ethnicity and understanding the context of ethnicity in modern societies
- Ethical issues and the political context within which ethnicity research is conducted
- Engagement with researched communities, and with users more broadly
- Cultural competence in research
- Practical issues faced by both qualitative and quantitative research
- Use of secondary and administrative data sources for research
Using a combination of critical analysis and case studies to illustrate the benefits and pitfalls of particular approaches, this volume provides access to core issues relevant to research with ethnic minority groups. It is a vital resource for those carrying out and using what is a considerable body of research, including students, academics, researchers, and research commissioners.

Debating Humankind's Place in Nature, 1860-2000 - The Nature of Paleoanthropology (Paperback, New): Richard Delisle Debating Humankind's Place in Nature, 1860-2000 - The Nature of Paleoanthropology (Paperback, New)
Richard Delisle
R2,954 Discovery Miles 29 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Showing that paleoanthropology is a progressive and dynamic field, this book argues that all debates and hypotheses spring from a single general theory: the theory of biological evolution. It presents the debates and research from 150 scholars in the field, and separates the resolution of these debates through three different time periods: 1860-1890, 1890-1935, and post-1935. Topics include: the history of the field; comparative anatomy; the human fossil record; primate phylogeny; human phylogeny; and the nature of paleoanthropology. A book that will appeal to anyone interested in anthropology, it will also interest historians and others in the social sciences.

Legal Pluralism in Conflict - Coping with Cultural Diversity in Law (Hardcover): Prakash Shah Legal Pluralism in Conflict - Coping with Cultural Diversity in Law (Hardcover)
Prakash Shah
R4,491 Discovery Miles 44 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Legal Pluralism in Conflict offers a new theoretical perspective for conceptualising and analysing the relationship between ethnic minority laws and the official legal order. Examining the limits of liberal legal thought in light of a contemporary plurality of ethnic identifications and religious beliefs, Prakash Shah takes up the case for a 'legal pluralism' that views ethnic minority laws in interaction with the official British legal order. This form of legal pluralism is not, however, without conflict. This book pursues a series of case studies that critically consider why and how state laws marginalise ethnic minority legal orders. Legal Pluralism in Conflict contains discussions of the recognition of polygamous marriages, homicide, the expertise provided in immigration cases and the legal discourse of nationality. It is in this engagement with some of the most challenging issues posed by the diverse character of modern society that its author sets out an alternative course for ethnic minority legal studies. Legal Pluralism in Conflict will be invaluable to students and researchers concerned with law's relationship to and treatment of ethnic and religious diversity, as well as to those with wider interests in the limits and possibilities of political pluralism.

Deep Diversity - A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice (Paperback): Shakil Choudhury Deep Diversity - A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice (Paperback)
Shakil Choudhury
R390 Discovery Miles 3 900 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Shakil is a rare jewel in the work of what it means to heal, repair, and take responsibility...This book is required reading for anyone interested in building a loving, just and diverse world." -Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, Zen teacher & author of Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up Racial justice without shame or blame. Road-tested tools to start making a difference today. In Deep Diversity, award-winning racial justice educator Shakil Choudhury explores the emotionally loaded topic of racism using a compassionate, scientific approach that everyone can understand-whether you are Black, Indigenous, a person of color (BIPOC), or white. With clear language and engaging stories that will appeal to readers of Brene Brown and Malcom Gladwell, Choudhury explains how and why well-intentioned people can perpetuate systems of oppression, often unconsciously. Using a trauma-informed approach that removes shame or blame, he offers us the tools to recognize, take authentic responsibility, and enact deep change. In easy-to-absorb chapters, Choudhury interweaves research into the brain and studies on human behavior with hard-won lessons from his career of helping organizations and CEOs create more inclusive environments. He models vulnerability and mistake-making, sharing examples of his own bias-missteps so readers are encouraged into their own racial justice journey without judgment. Readers will come away from the book with practical tools and an understanding of: How to becomes a systems thinker by developing "racial pattern recognition" skills in order to challenge racism and other forms of systemic discrimination when we encounter them, while minimizing the tendency to shame or blame ourselves or others. How to recognize when the unconscious influence of bias, identity, emotions, or power contradict our beliefs about equality, and how to realign our thoughts/words/actions. How to break the racial "prejudice habits" we have all been socialized into since birth, using research-based strategies. How the rise in authoritarianism and income inequality (among other factors) contribute to a rise in hate crimes and racial discrimination, and what to do about it. Traditional approaches to anti-racism overly rely on analyzing history to explain systemic discrimination, which only tells us a part of the story. What's missing, Choudhury argues, is to understand why humans do what we do, the evolutionary impulses underlying our group-ish nature and our struggles with power, bias, and social dominance. This is why psychology and neuroscience perspectives are critical to integrate into anti-racist work, as is practicing compassion for ourselves and for others. Deep Diversity is a unique, evidence-based approach to racial justice that seeks to overcome feelings of shame that so often block our progress and prevent deep change at individual and systemic levels. Deep Diversity meets you where you're at, regardless of your identity, class, ability, or belief system, and invites you to come along on a journey of self-discovery, social awareness, and lifelong learning. It's only just begun. "Choudhury draws on heart-touching stories, research on the brain, and hard-won lessons from real-world interventions to offer useful strategies to know ourselves, and others better."-New York Times-bestselling author of Buddha's Brain, Rick Hanson

Incorporating Diversity - Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age (Paperback): Peter Kivisto Incorporating Diversity - Rethinking Assimilation in a Multicultural Age (Paperback)
Peter Kivisto
R1,782 Discovery Miles 17 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

As the best single-source collection of classic and contemporary readings on the subject, this anthology will be a valuable reference to scholars of immigration, race and ethnicity, national identity, and the history of ideas, and indispensable for courses in history and the social sciences dealing with these topics.' Ruben G. Rumbaut, co-author of Immigrant America: A Portrait and Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation Societies today are increasingly characterized by their ethnic, racial, and religious diversity. One key question raised by the global migration of people is how they do or do not come to be incorporated into their new social environments. For over a century, assimilation has been the concept used in explaining the processes of immigrant incorporation into a new society. It has also been applied to indigenous peoples, to refugees, and to involuntary migrants caught up in the slave trade. Assimilation has confronted many scholarly challenges which were often intermeshed with particular political agendas. This book allows readers to obtain a clearer sense of the canonical formulation of assimilation theory and an understanding of the key themes and issues contained in current efforts to rethink and revise the classical perspective for today's changing world.

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