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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Multicultural studies

Race and Social Problems - Restructuring Inequality (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis Race and Social Problems - Restructuring Inequality (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis
R3,609 Discovery Miles 36 090 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal. People of color consistently lag behind their white counterparts in key quality-of-life areas. Despite many significant gains, widespread structural inequalities continue to exist and thrive. Race and Social Problems takes the long view of this state of affairs, offering both multi-level analysis and a practical blueprint for social justice. It begins by explaining how race-related social problems have changed over the decades. This volume identifies factors contributing to their persistence in this century, most notably the central role of economic disparities in exacerbating related social problems and replicating them for future generations. The chapters expand on this knowledge by detailing innovative and successful strategies for addressing aspects of six major areas of inequality: Poverty: challenging standard American concepts of poverty. Education: approaches toward closing the achievement gap. Intergroup relations: enhancing race dialogues. Family and lifespan: programs targeting families, youth, and elderly. Criminal justice: reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. Health and mental health: promoting positive outcomes. Race and Social Problems casts a wide net across the most pressing social issues, clarifying both the immediate and larger tasks ahead for a range of professionals in such diverse fields as social work, anthropology, communications, criminology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, public health, and sociology.

Empire of Ruin - Black Classicism and American Imperial Culture (Hardcover): John Levi Barnard Empire of Ruin - Black Classicism and American Imperial Culture (Hardcover)
John Levi Barnard
R2,626 Discovery Miles 26 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the US Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and the 9/11 Memorial Museum, classical forms and ideas have been central to an American nationalist aesthetic. Beginning with an understanding of this centrality of the classical tradition to the construction of American national identity and the projection of American power, Empire of Ruin describes a mode of black classicism that has been integral to the larger critique of American politics, aesthetics, and historiography that African American cultural production has more generally advanced. While the classical tradition has provided a repository of ideas and images that have allowed white American elites to conceive of the nation as an ideal Republic and the vanguard of the idea of civilization, African American writers, artists, and activists have characterized this dominant mode of classical appropriation as emblematic of a national commitment to an economy of enslavement and a geopolitical project of empire. If the dominant forms of American classicism and monumental culture have asserted the ascendancy of what Thomas Jefferson called an "empire for liberty," for African American writers and artists it has suggested that the nation is nothing exceptional, but rather another iteration of what the radical abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet identified as an "empire of slavery," inexorably devolving into an "empire of ruin."

Broken Cisterns of African American Education - Academic Performance and Achievment in the Post-Brown Era (Hardcover, New):... Broken Cisterns of African American Education - Academic Performance and Achievment in the Post-Brown Era (Hardcover, New)
M.Christopher Brown
R2,771 Discovery Miles 27 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A volume in Research on African American Education Series Editors: Carol Camp Yeakey, Washington University in St. Louis and Ronald D. Henderson, National Education Association The failure of American education to achieve racial diversity has resulted from the inability of educational researchers, policy makers, and judicial officials to disentangle the complex definitions that have emerged in a post-segregated society. Broken Cisterns provides snapshots of educational occurrences that have shaped current phenomena in schools and the larger society. Theoretical and empirical discussions related to segregation, desegregation, and integration provides a contextual framework for understanding their resulting effects. In response, the book examines the historic and community contexts of academic performance in both public and higher educational settings. The book also examines content aspects involving student achievement and the diverse elements that impact the strategies that should be used to enhance outcomes. Broken Cisterns examines the African American education experience post-Brown v. Board of Education, as well as the long-term effects that result from failure to achieve racial equity. The American education system demands new political and social agendas despite the seeming infinite cycle of persisting racial inequalities in educational settings. This book does just that.

Multiculturalism in the New Japan - Crossing the Boundaries Within (Paperback): Nelson H. Graburn, John Ertl, R. Kenji Tierney Multiculturalism in the New Japan - Crossing the Boundaries Within (Paperback)
Nelson H. Graburn, John Ertl, R. Kenji Tierney
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Like other industrial nations, Japan is experiencing its own forms of, and problems with, internationalization and multiculturalism. This volume focuses on several aspects of this process and examines the immigrant minorities as well as their Japanese recipient communities. Multiculturalism is considered broadly, and includes topics often neglected in other works, such as: religious pluralism, domestic and international tourism, political regionalism and decentralization, sports, business styles in the post-Bubble era, and the education of immigrant minorities.

Migrant, Roma and Post-Colonial Youth in Education across Europe - Being 'Visibly Different' (Hardcover): J. Szalai,... Migrant, Roma and Post-Colonial Youth in Education across Europe - Being 'Visibly Different' (Hardcover)
J. Szalai, C. Schiff
R2,656 R1,980 Discovery Miles 19 800 Save R676 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Comparing the educational experiences of adolescents from a variety of 'visible' ethnic minority groups across Europe, and focusing on underprivileged urban contexts, this book reveals the structural inequalities, as well as the often conflicting inter-ethnic relations which develop in classrooms, playgrounds and larger communities.

The Uyghur Community - Diaspora, Identity and Geopolitics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Guljanat Kurmangaliyeva Ercilasun,... The Uyghur Community - Diaspora, Identity and Geopolitics (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Guljanat Kurmangaliyeva Ercilasun, Konuralp Ercilasun
R4,831 Discovery Miles 48 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book analyses the Uyghur community, presenting a brief historical background of the Uyghurs and debating the challenges of emerging Uyghur nationalism in the early 20th century. It elaborates on key issues within the community, such as the identity and current state of religion and worship. It also offers a thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the Uyghur diaspora, addressing the issue of identity politics, the position of the Uyghurs in Central Asia, and the relations of the Uyghurs with Beijing, notably analyzing the 2009 Urumqi clashes and their long term impact on Turkish-Chinese relations. Re-examining Urghur identity through the lens of history, religion and politics, this is a key read for all scholars interested in China, Eurasia and questions of ethnicity and religion.

Racial Sensitivity and Multicultural Training (Hardcover, New): Martin Strous Racial Sensitivity and Multicultural Training (Hardcover, New)
Martin Strous
R2,483 Discovery Miles 24 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Offering implications for democraticizing psychology on a global scale, this work illustrates how professional training for mental health practictioners is often inadequate on issues pertaining to race and racism. The author shows prime examples in his homeland South Africa, and focuses on how those practices reflect assumptions concerning racial superiority. Also addressed is how therapists may be influenced by prevailing ideologies, unaware of how prejudices translate into discriminatory work practices, and ignorant of the power of their own discriminatory discourses. The author also investigates how positive attitudes by counselors and therapists reflect positions related to racial sensitivity. He proposes a new model for multicultural and multiracial sensitivity training.

New Ethnicities and Language Use (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): R. Harris New Ethnicities and Language Use (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
R. Harris; Edited by Sue Wright, Helen Kelly-Holmes
R1,512 Discovery Miles 15 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized as dominant voices both inside and outside their communities, seeking to foreground and hold in place alternative positionings of them as primarily Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims or Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis or Panjabi, Gujarati, Hindi, and Urdu speakers. This ignores their everyday low-key Britishness, albeit a Britishness with new inflections. It is this sensibility which marks them as "Brasians."

Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Keith C. Ferdinand, Annemarie Armani Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Keith C. Ferdinand, Annemarie Armani
R4,408 Discovery Miles 44 080 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cardiovascular heart disease mortality in African Americans is the highest of all major racial/ethnic subpopulations in the United States. Examining race and ethnicity, Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities will reveal that there are unacceptable healthcare disparities in risk factor prevalence, disease states, and cardiovascular outcomes in the United States. Written by a team of experts, Cardiovascular Disease in Racial and Ethnic Minorities examines to what degree biomedical and scientific literature can clarify the impact of genetic variation versus environment as related to cardiovascular disease. Chapters illustrate the magnitude of cardiovascular and metabolic disparities and the effect of environment on diseases.

'Race', Culture and the Right to the City - Centres, Peripheries, Margins (Hardcover, New): Gareth Millington 'Race', Culture and the Right to the City - Centres, Peripheries, Margins (Hardcover, New)
Gareth Millington
R1,535 Discovery Miles 15 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Adopting a perspective inspired by Henri Lefebvre, this book considers the spread of multiculture from the central city to the periphery and considers the role that 'race' continues to play in structuring the metropolis, taking London, New York and Paris as examples.

Children of International Migrants in Europe - Comparative Perspectives (Hardcover): R. Penn, P Lambert Children of International Migrants in Europe - Comparative Perspectives (Hardcover)
R. Penn, P Lambert
R1,511 Discovery Miles 15 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What is happening to young adults in contemporary Europe? How central is ethnic background to their prospects and lives? This book provides a comparative analysis of the situation of over 2500 children of international migrants in Europe. Focussing on Britain, France and Germany, it examines nine ethnic/nationality groups including Pakistanis and Indians in Britain, Magrebians in France and Turks in Germany. The book includes new empirical material on language use, educational experiences, labour market entry, political incorporation and cultural behaviour of young adults in these three countries based upon a unique comparative international survey. Roger Penn and Paul Lambert offer an antidote to the hysteria surrounding international migrants that has become increasingly evident in the media since 2001. Their findings indicate that there is a widespread process of assimilation underway in each of the three countries, alongside the maintenance of cultural and religious identities associated with parents' country of birth.

Institutional Racism - The Case of Hawaii (Hardcover, New): Michael Haas Institutional Racism - The Case of Hawaii (Hardcover, New)
Michael Haas
R2,548 Discovery Miles 25 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book describes how institutional racism arose in Hawaii, why it arose, what kept it going, and how it can be dismantled. The book is unique in describing the history, statistical patterns, ideological disputation, and political underpinnings of institutional racism in a particular state, indeed one often thought to be relatively free from virulent forms of racism. The book specifically focuses on racial problems in regard to education, employment, health care delivery, and public accomodations.

The book concludes that White-constructed institutional racist policies, practices, and procedures persisted even when political power shifted after statehood in 1959 to affluent Japanese-Americans, who used the same forms of institutional racism to hold back Whites and poorer non-White ethnic groups. Although affirmative action is often improperly thought to involve quotas and reverse discrimination, the case of Hawaii shows that institutional racism can be dismantled through affirmative action without lowering standards of education, employment qualifications, and health care, instead, standards actually improved the benefit to all.

Historicizing Race (Hardcover, HPOD): Marius Turda, Maria Sophia Quine Historicizing Race (Hardcover, HPOD)
Marius Turda, Maria Sophia Quine
R3,204 Discovery Miles 32 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What led so many intellectuals, politicians and scientists to believe in, and insist on, the existence of race? In exploring this question this book examines themes in the history of race, including nationalism, imperialism, colonialism, eugenics, biopolitics, fascism, Nazism and communism, from 1789 to the present day. "Race and Modernity" provides an easily accessible, but conceptually challenging, synthesis of the current research into the relationship between race and modernity, richly illustrated with reference to primary source material. Specifically, the book examines how societies the world over appropriated the concept of race as a vehicle for transmitting social and political messages that transgressed political differences and opposing ideological camps. The authors examine case studies from the UK, the United States, Japan, Romania, Greece and Sudan, among others, and use these to chart the emergence and evolution of the concept of race, and look at the legacy of these ideas for the present day.

The History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling (Hardcover): J Kafka The History of "Zero Tolerance" in American Public Schooling (Hardcover)
J Kafka
R1,276 R1,056 Discovery Miles 10 560 Save R220 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Through a case study of the Los Angeles city school district from the 1950s through the 1970s, Judith Kafka explores the intersection of race, politics, and the bureaucratic organization of schooling. Kafka argues that control over discipline became increasingly centralized in the second half of the twentieth century in response to pressures exerted by teachers, parents, students, principals, and local politicians - often at different historical moments, and for different purposes. Kafka demonstrates that the racial inequities produced by today's school discipline policies were not inevitable, nor are they immutable.

America's Original Sin - Absolution & Penance (Hardcover): Arthur I. Montoya America's Original Sin - Absolution & Penance (Hardcover)
Arthur I. Montoya
R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Colours of the Empire - Racialized Representations during Portuguese Colonialism (Hardcover): Patricia Ferraz de Matos The Colours of the Empire - Racialized Representations during Portuguese Colonialism (Hardcover)
Patricia Ferraz de Matos
R3,024 Discovery Miles 30 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Portuguese Colonial Empire established its base in Africa in the fifteenth century and would not be dissolved until 1975. This book investigates how the different populations under Portuguese rule were represented within the context of the Colonial Empire by examining the relationship between these representations and the meanings attached to the notion of 'race'. Colour, for example, an apparently objective criterion of classification, became a synonym or near-synonym for 'race', a more abstract notion for which attempts were made to establish scientific credibility. Through her analysis of government documents, colonial propaganda materials and interviews, the author employs an anthropological perspective to examine how the existence of racist theories, originating in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, went on to inform the policy of the Estado Novo (Second Republic, 1933-1974) and the production of academic literature on 'race' in Portugal. This study provides insight into the relationship between the racist formulations disseminated in Portugal and the racist theories produced from the eighteenth century onward in Europe and beyond.

The Mis-Education of the Negro (Hardcover): Carter Godwin Woodson The Mis-Education of the Negro (Hardcover)
Carter Godwin Woodson
R553 Discovery Miles 5 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
On Fire in Baltimore - Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City (Hardcover): Laura Rutter Strickling On Fire in Baltimore - Black Mormon Women and Conversion in a Raging City (Hardcover)
Laura Rutter Strickling
R927 Discovery Miles 9 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Cultures in Conflict - Eliminating Racial Profiling (Paperback, Second Edition): Martha R. Bireda Cultures in Conflict - Eliminating Racial Profiling (Paperback, Second Edition)
Martha R. Bireda
R766 Discovery Miles 7 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The suspension and expulsion of ethnic minority students, especially African American males, remains a critical issue in schools today. This book addresses the root causes of racial disparity in discipline. Dr. Bireda shows how culturally conditioned beliefs and cultural misunderstanding negatively impact teacher-student relationships and interactions in the classroom. In addition, factors in the school climate that may precipitate and escalate disciplinary events are examined. Ultimately, Cultures In Conflict provides a framework which assists administrators and teachers in establishing a dialogue on issues related to race and culture, and provides a set of strategies for reducing disciplinary events and referrals.

Race and Education - Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain (Paperback): Kalwant Bhopal Race and Education - Reproducing White Supremacy in Britain (Paperback)
Kalwant Bhopal
R295 R263 Discovery Miles 2 630 Save R32 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Why is our education system unequal?
How does race play a part?
Is Britain still institutionally racist?

Education remains the greatest indicator of life chances in Britain. What we study, where we study, and how long for shape all aspects of our lives. Our careers, our long-term health, our wealth and security are all moulded in the classroom.

But who we are ultimately matters the most.

In Race and Education, Professor Kalwant Bhopal shows how race still determines who gains the best education in Britain, and who falls by the wayside. Through case studies, original research and interviews with students, teachers and academics alike, she reveals how the construction of privilege starts at a young age: with Whiteness taking some students on a gilded path from cradle to career, while many still struggle to build the futures they deserve.

This book highlights how classrooms and lecture halls are at the centre of perpetuating White privilege - and how racism continues to exist in Britain.

Becoming Spectacular - The Rhythm Of Resilience From The First African American Rockette (Hardcover): Jennifer Jones Becoming Spectacular - The Rhythm Of Resilience From The First African American Rockette (Hardcover)
Jennifer Jones
R657 R589 Discovery Miles 5 890 Save R68 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The first African American Rockette charts her journey to one of the world's most celebrated dance troupes in this gripping memoir that, for the first time, goes behind the velvet curtains at Radio City's legendary holiday show.

The Radio City Rockettes are as American as baseball, hot dogs, and the Fourth of July. Their legendary synchronized leg kicks, precise lines, and megawatt smiles have charmed audiences for a century. But there is a hidden side to this illustrious national institution. When the Rockettes began in 1925, Black people were not allowed to dance on stage with white people. However, during the Civil Rights Movement, dance history changed significantly when Black and white dancers were permitted to perform together, marking a moment of progress and inclusivity in the world of dance and entertainment. Even so, as late as the early 1980s, Rockette director Violet Holmes said having “one or two Black girls in the line would definitely distract.”

In 1987 the 63-year color barrier at Radio City was finally broken by one brave and tenacious woman. When she arrived, Jennifer Jones was met with pushback—a fierce resistance she details in this intimate and inspiring memoir. After overcoming seemingly impossible odds to join the line of The Rockettes, a PR director summoned the Black dancer to her hotel room and announced, “You’re old news, nobody cares about you, your story or anything about you. You're just lucky to be here.”

Those words would haunt this shy, insecure biracial woman, who had always felt like an outsider.

Like Gelsey Kirkland’s iconic Dancing on My Grave, Becoming Spectacular allows us to walk in Jones’ tap shoes—beautiful and glittering, yet painful and binding. Bringing into focus the wounded life of a trailblazer, this searing memoir is also a triumphant celebration of a spirit who refused to be counted out.

Puerto Ricans in the United States (Hardcover, New): Maria E.Perez y Gonzalez Puerto Ricans in the United States (Hardcover, New)
Maria E.Perez y Gonzalez
R2,005 Discovery Miles 20 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Puerto Ricans in the United States comes at a crucial time to help us better understand Puerto Ricans, both those who live in the United States and those who live in Puerto Rico, as they debate the issue of national identity. Perez y Gonzalez, of Puerto Rican heritage, provides an information-packed volume that will become the definitive source for students and readers interested in learning about the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. With the homeland of Puerto Rico strongly evoked as background, the entire immigration and adaptation process of Puerto Ricans in this country since the early 1900s takes shape in a thoughtful analysis. This is essential reading for understanding an important American (im)migrant group and the development of our urban culture as well. Puerto Ricans in the United States begins by presenting Puerto Rico--the land, the people, and the culture. The island's invasion by U.S. forces in 1898 set the stage for our intertwined relationship to the present day. Perez y Gonzalez brings to life important historical events leading to immigration to the United States, particularly to the large northeastern cities, such as New York. The narrative highlights Puerto Ricans' adjustment and adaptation in this country through the media, institutions, language, and culture. A wealth of information is given on socioeconomic status, including demographics, employment, education opportunities, and poverty and public assistance. The discussions on the struggles of this group for affordable housing, issues of women and children, particular obstacles to obtaining appropriate health care, including the epidemic of AIDS, and race relations are especially insightful. Thefinal chapter on Puerto Ricans' impact on U.S. society highlights their positive contributions in a wide range of fields.

Understanding Multiculturalism - The Habsburg Central European Experience (Paperback): Johannes Feichtinger, Gary B. Cohen Understanding Multiculturalism - The Habsburg Central European Experience (Paperback)
Johannes Feichtinger, Gary B. Cohen
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Multiculturalism has long been linked to calls for tolerance of cultural diversity, but today many observers are subjecting the concept to close scrutiny. After the political upheavals of 1968, the commitment to multiculturalism was perceived as a liberal manifesto, but in the post-9/11 era, it is under attack for its relativizing, particularist, and essentializing implications. The essays in this collection offer a nuanced analysis of the multifaceted cultural experience of Central Europe under the late Habsburg monarchy and beyond. The authors examine how culturally coded social spaces can be described and understood historically without adopting categories formerly employed to justify the definition and separation of groups into nations, ethnicities, or homogeneous cultures. As we consider the issues of multiculturalism today, this volume offers new approaches to understanding multiculturalism in Central Europe freed of the effects of politically exploited concepts of social spaces.

Trinidad and Tobago - Ethnic Conflict, Inequality and Public Sector Governance (Hardcover, New): Ralph Premdas Trinidad and Tobago - Ethnic Conflict, Inequality and Public Sector Governance (Hardcover, New)
Ralph Premdas
R2,862 Discovery Miles 28 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

How does a multi-ethnic society resolve the contentious issue of shares and resource allocation without damaging the state? Arguing that ethnic divides in underdeveloped states are much more evident than in developed countries, this study examines inequality in relation to distributive justice, the adaptation of political structures and institutions, the role of symbols of recognition in representation and strategies of conflict management in power sharing, resource allocation and public policy.

Arising from Bondage - A History of the Indo-Caribbean People (Hardcover): Ron Ramdin Arising from Bondage - A History of the Indo-Caribbean People (Hardcover)
Ron Ramdin
R3,168 Discovery Miles 31 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Arising from Bondage is an epic story of the struggle of the Indo-Caribbean people. From the 1830's through World War I hundreds of thousands of indentured laborers were shipped from India to the Caribbean and settled in the former British, Dutch, French and Spanish colonies. Like their predecessors, the African slaves, they labored on the sugar estates. Unlike the Africans their status was ambiguous--not actually enslaved yet not entirely free--they fought mightily to achieve power in their new home. Today in the English-speaking Caribbean alone there are one million people of Indian descent and they form the majority in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.

This study, based on official documents and archives, as well as previously unpublished material from British, Indian and Caribbean sources, fills a major gap in the history of the Caribbean, India, Britain and European colonialism. It also contributes powerfully to the history of diaspora and migration.

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