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After Race - Racism After Multiculturalism (Hardcover, New): Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres After Race - Racism After Multiculturalism (Hardcover, New)
Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres
R3,082 Discovery Miles 30 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

After Race pushes us beyond the old "race vs. class" debates to delve deeper into the structural conditions that spawn racism. Darder and Torres place the study of racism forthrightly within the context of contemporary capitalism. While agreeing with those who have argued that the concept of "race" does not have biological validity, they go further to insist that the concept also holds little political, symbolic, or descriptive value when employed in social science and policy research.

Darder and Torres argue for the need to jettison the concept of "race," while calling adamantly for the critical study of racism. They maintain that an understanding of structural class inequality is fundamentally germane to comprehending the growing significance of racism in capitalist America.

Savage State - Welfare Capitalism and Inequality (Paperback, Revised): Edward J. Martin, Rodolfo D. Torres Savage State - Welfare Capitalism and Inequality (Paperback, Revised)
Edward J. Martin, Rodolfo D. Torres
R1,107 Discovery Miles 11 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Edward J. Martin and Rodolfo D. Torres offer a new and critical approach to the study of the welfare state in contemporary capitalist society. The authors not only demonstrate the analytical utility of classical Marxist theory, but also draw on wider critical 'postmodern' frameworks in the study of contemporary welfare capitalism. It is in this approach that they set out to argue that a critique of welfare policy within the context of capitalism is more timely and important than ever before. The authors go on to explore the demise of welfare policy in the United States using the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 as a point of departure. While liberal Keynesian theory argues that welfare policy can be managed through the state, Martin and Torres, argue that ultimately this relationship is problematic due to the limits imposed on it by the logic of capitalist social relations. The role of the state in capitalist society is evaluated along with other comparative welfare policy models. The book concludes with an analytic statement of alternative futures in the era of an empire of inequality. Savage State will be invaluable reading for students of sociology, politics, and social policy.

Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Paperback): Erualdo Gonzalez Romero, Michelle E. Zuniga, Ashley C.... Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Paperback)
Erualdo Gonzalez Romero, Michelle E. Zuniga, Ashley C. Hernandez, Rodolfo D. Torres
R1,218 Discovery Miles 12 180 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Gentrification is one of the most debilitating-and least understood-issues in American cities today. Scholars and community activists adjoin in Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures to engage directly and critically with the issue of gentrification and to address its impacts on marginalized, materially exploited, and displaced communities. Authors in this collection begin to unpack and explore the forces that underlie these significant changes in an area's social character and spatial landscape. Central in their analyses is an emphasis on racial formations and class relations, as they each look to find the essence of the urban condition through processes of demographic change, economic restructuring, and gentrification. Their original findings locate gentrification within a carefully integrated theoretical and political framework and challenge readers to look critically at the present and future of gentrification studies. Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures is a vital read for scholars and researchers, as well as planners and organizers hoping to understand the contemporary changes happening in our urban areas.

Latino Urbanism - The Politics of Planning, Policy and Redevelopment (Hardcover, New): David R. Diaz, Rodolfo D. Torres Latino Urbanism - The Politics of Planning, Policy and Redevelopment (Hardcover, New)
David R. Diaz, Rodolfo D. Torres
R3,096 Discovery Miles 30 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The nation's Latina/o population has now reached over 50 million, or 15% of the estimated total U.S. population of 300 million, and a growing portion of the world's population now lives and works in cities that are increasingly diverse. Latino Urbanism provides the first national perspective on Latina/o urban policy, addressing a wide range of planning policy issues that impact both Latinas/os in the US, as well as the nation as a whole, tracing how cities develop, function, and are affected by socio-economic change. The contributors are a diverse group of Latina/o scholars attempting to link their own unique theoretical interpretations and approaches to political and policy interventions in the spaces and cultures of everyday life. The three sections of the book address the politics of planning and its historic relationship with Latinas/os, the relationship between the Latina/o community and conventional urban planning issue sand challenges, and the future of urban policy and Latina/o barrios. Moving beyond a traditional analysis of Latinas/os in the Southwest, the volume expands the understanding of the important relationships between urbanization and Latinas/os including Mexican Americans of several generations within the context of the restructuring of cities, in view of the cultural and political transformation currently encompassing the nation.

Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Hardcover): Erualdo Gonzalez Romero, Michelle E. Zuniga, Ashley C.... Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures (Hardcover)
Erualdo Gonzalez Romero, Michelle E. Zuniga, Ashley C. Hernandez, Rodolfo D. Torres
R4,319 Discovery Miles 43 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Gentrification is one of the most debilitating-and least understood-issues in American cities today. Scholars and community activists adjoin in Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures to engage directly and critically with the issue of gentrification and to address its impacts on marginalized, materially exploited, and displaced communities. Authors in this collection begin to unpack and explore the forces that underlie these significant changes in an area's social character and spatial landscape. Central in their analyses is an emphasis on racial formations and class relations, as they each look to find the essence of the urban condition through processes of demographic change, economic restructuring, and gentrification. Their original findings locate gentrification within a carefully integrated theoretical and political framework and challenge readers to look critically at the present and future of gentrification studies. Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures is a vital read for scholars and researchers, as well as planners and organizers hoping to understand the contemporary changes happening in our urban areas.

Schools Under Surveillance - Cultures of Control in Public Education (Hardcover, New): Torin Monahan, Rodolfo D. Torres Schools Under Surveillance - Cultures of Control in Public Education (Hardcover, New)
Torin Monahan, Rodolfo D. Torres; Contributions by Aaron Kupchik, Nicole Bracy, Michael Apple, …
R2,321 Discovery Miles 23 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Surveillance is not simply about monitoring or tracking individuals and their data - it is about the structuring of power relations through human, technical, or hybrid control mechanisms. Essays cover a broad range of topics including police and military recruiters on campus, testing and accountability regimes such as No Child Left Behind, and efforts by students and teachers to circumvent the most egregious forms of surveillance in public education. Each contributor is committed to the continued critique of the disparity and inequality in the use of surveillance to target and sort students along lines of race, class, and gender. Special topics covered in this title include: security systems; police officers; audit cultures; standardized tests; marketing research; and, military recruiters.

The Latino Question - Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left (Hardcover): Armando Ibarra, Alfredo Carlos, Rodolfo D.... The Latino Question - Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left (Hardcover)
Armando Ibarra, Alfredo Carlos, Rodolfo D. Torres; Foreword by Christine Neumann-Ortiz
R3,033 R2,121 Discovery Miles 21 210 Save R912 (30%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

While so many Latino/Chicano Americans struggle in pursuit of the 'American dream', while figures such as Donald Trump are accepted in mainstream politics, and scaremongering and paranoia is rife, the need for a vivid, empirically grounded study on Latino politics, culture and society has never been greater. The Latino Question fulfils this need, offering a cutting-edge analysis of the transformative nature of Latino politics in the US. In a radical alternative to dominant ideas, the authors emphasise the importance of political economy for understanding Latino politics, culture and social issues. It draws from original research and a number of critical traditions including the thought of Karl Marx and Antonio Gramsci, to understand the politics of race and ethnicity in a modern capitalist society. Including case studies of how Latino/Chicano communities across the US are not only resisting, but also reinventing and transforming ethnic politics in the age of neoliberalism, this book is required reading for all those hoping to understand the 'Latino question' in contemporary America.

After Race - Racism After Multiculturalism (Paperback): Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres After Race - Racism After Multiculturalism (Paperback)
Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres
R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

After Race pushes us beyond the old "race vs. class" debates to delve deeper into the structural conditions that spawn racism. Darder and Torres place the study of racism forthrightly within the context of contemporary capitalism. While agreeing with those who have argued that the concept of "race" does not have biological validity, they go further to insist that the concept also holds little political, symbolic, or descriptive value when employed in social science and policy research.

Darder and Torres argue for the need to jettison the concept of "race," while calling adamantly for the critical study of racism. They maintain that an understanding of structural class inequality is fundamentally germane to comprehending the growing significance of racism in capitalist America.

Latinos and Education - A Critical Reader (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres Latinos and Education - A Critical Reader (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres
R5,555 Discovery Miles 55 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Latinos and Education has long been a landmark anthology in the field of education, the first to review and challenge the multiple and complex issues affecting Latino students. The welcome re-edition of this deeply relevant and useful reader culls the best of contemporary scholarly approaches to discuss the variety of issues essential to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population. Internationally-renowned scholars Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres retain the anthology's original focus on the link between educational practice and the larger socioeconomic and structural dimensions that shape life for the nation's largest and most rapidly growing minority group. All new and still-highly accessible chapter selections establish a useful balance between theory and practice. They discuss themes such as political economy, historical views of Latinos and schooling, identity, the politics of language, cultural democracy in the classroom, community involvement and Latinos in higher education. The book concludes with suggestions for further reading. Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader is a must-read collection for a new generation of students in education, Latino studies, and sociology.

Latino Urbanism - The Politics of Planning, Policy and Redevelopment (Paperback): David R. Diaz, Rodolfo D. Torres Latino Urbanism - The Politics of Planning, Policy and Redevelopment (Paperback)
David R. Diaz, Rodolfo D. Torres
R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The nation's Latina/o population has now reached over 50 million, or 15% of the estimated total U.S. population of 300 million, and a growing portion of the world's population now lives and works in cities that are increasingly diverse. Latino Urbanism provides the first national perspective on Latina/o urban policy, addressing a wide range of planning policy issues that impact both Latinas/os in the US, as well as the nation as a whole, tracing how cities develop, function, and are affected by socio-economic change. The contributors are a diverse group of Latina/o scholars attempting to link their own unique theoretical interpretations and approaches to political and policy interventions in the spaces and cultures of everyday life. The three sections of the book address the politics of planning and its historic relationship with Latinas/os, the relationship between the Latina/o community and conventional urban planning issue sand challenges, and the future of urban policy and Latina/o barrios. Moving beyond a traditional analysis of Latinas/os in the Southwest, the volume expands the understanding of the important relationships between urbanization and Latinas/os including Mexican Americans of several generations within the context of the restructuring of cities, in view of the cultural and political transformation currently encompassing the nation.

Latino Social Movements - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (Paperback): Rodolfo D. Torres, George Katsiaficas Latino Social Movements - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (Paperback)
Rodolfo D. Torres, George Katsiaficas
R1,031 R796 Discovery Miles 7 960 Save R235 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days


In the US, Latinos number more than a quarter of the nation's work force; more than three times their proportion in the general population. Focusing on the place of labour, class, patriarchy and capital, this collection relates these objective realities with the subjective context of popular attempts to transform the existing socio-economic conditions of Latino life.

Latinos and Education - A Critical Reader (Hardcover, New): Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres, Henry Gutierrez Latinos and Education - A Critical Reader (Hardcover, New)
Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres, Henry Gutierrez
R3,745 Discovery Miles 37 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Despite generations of protest, activism and reform efforts, Latinos continue to be among the nation's most educationally disadvantaged and economically disenfranchised groups. Challenging static notions of culture, identity and language, Latinos and Education addresses this phenomenon within the context of a rapidly changing economy and society. This reader establishes a clear link between educational practice and the structural dimensions which shape institutional life, and calls for the development of a new language that moves beyond disciplinary and racialized categories of difference and structural inequality.

New American Destinies - A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration (Paperback, New): Darrell Hamamoto, Rodolfo D.... New American Destinies - A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration (Paperback, New)
Darrell Hamamoto, Rodolfo D. Torres
R1,844 Discovery Miles 18 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing global economy.

New American Destinies - A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Darrell... New American Destinies - A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Darrell Hamamoto, Rodolfo D. Torres
R5,399 Discovery Miles 53 990 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration; job competition; labour organizing; changing ethnic and "race" relations; immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics; and our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of the Asian and Mexican diaspora in a changing global economy.

Latino Social Movements - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (Hardcover): Rodolfo D. Torres, George Katsiaficas Latino Social Movements - Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (Hardcover)
Rodolfo D. Torres, George Katsiaficas
R1,827 Discovery Miles 18 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Latinos make up the fastest growing population segment in the US, and by the middle of the next century, they will outnumber all other minority groups combined. Even more significant is the fact that within a few years, Latinos will number more than a quarter of the nation's work force; this is more than three times their proportion in the general population. Latino Social Movements discusses the socioeconomic and cultural consequences of the changing US population in the light of globalization. It calls attention to the increasing significance of class and the system of global capitalism that underlies political relations of power. Focusing on the place of labor, class, patriarchy and capital, this collection relates these objective realities with the subjective context of popular attempts to transform the existing socio-economic conditions of Latino life.

Latinos and Education - A Critical Reader (Paperback, 2nd edition): Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres Latinos and Education - A Critical Reader (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres
R2,507 Discovery Miles 25 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Latinos and Education has long been a landmark anthology in the field of education, the first to review and challenge the multiple and complex issues affecting Latino students. The welcome re-edition of this deeply relevant and useful reader culls the best of contemporary scholarly approaches to discuss the variety of issues essential to understanding the complex dynamics of a growing Latina and Latino population. Internationally-renowned scholars Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres retain the anthology's original focus on the link between educational practice and the larger socioeconomic and structural dimensions that shape life for the nation's largest and most rapidly growing minority group. All new and still-highly accessible chapter selections establish a useful balance between theory and practice. They discuss themes such as political economy, historical views of Latinos and schooling, identity, the politics of language, cultural democracy in the classroom, community involvement and Latinos in higher education. The book concludes with suggestions for further reading. Latinos and Education: A Critical Reader is a must-read collection for a new generation of students in education, Latino studies, and sociology.

The Latino Question - Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left (Paperback): Armando Ibarra, Alfredo Carlos, Rodolfo D.... The Latino Question - Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left (Paperback)
Armando Ibarra, Alfredo Carlos, Rodolfo D. Torres; Foreword by Christine Neumann-Ortiz
R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

While so many Latino/Chicano Americans struggle in pursuit of the 'American dream', while figures such as Donald Trump are accepted in mainstream politics, and scaremongering and paranoia is rife, the need for a vivid, empirically grounded study on Latino politics, culture and society has never been greater. The Latino Question fulfils this need, offering a cutting-edge analysis of the transformative nature of Latino politics in the US. In a radical alternative to dominant ideas, the authors emphasise the importance of political economy for understanding Latino politics, culture and social issues. It draws from original research and a number of critical traditions including the thought of Karl Marx and Antonio Gramsci, to understand the politics of race and ethnicity in a modern capitalist society. Including case studies of how Latino/Chicano communities across the US are not only resisting, but also reinventing and transforming ethnic politics in the age of neoliberalism, this book is required reading for all those hoping to understand the 'Latino question' in contemporary America.

Schools Under Surveillance - Cultures of Control in Public Education (Paperback): Torin Monahan, Rodolfo D. Torres Schools Under Surveillance - Cultures of Control in Public Education (Paperback)
Torin Monahan, Rodolfo D. Torres; Contributions by Aaron Kupchik, Nicole Bracy, Michael Apple, …
R1,174 Discovery Miles 11 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Schools under Surveillance gathers together some of the very best researchers studying surveillance and discipline in contemporary public schools. Surveillance is not simply about monitoring or tracking individuals and their data - it is about the structuring of power relations through human, technical, or hybrid control mechanisms. Essays cover a broad range of topics including police and military recruiters on campus, testing and accountability regimes such as No Child Left Behind, and efforts by students and teachers to circumvent the most egregious forms of surveillance in public education. Each contributor is committed to the continued critique of the disparity and inequality in the use of surveillance to target and sort students along lines of race, class, and gender. Special topics covered in this title include: security systems; police officers; audit cultures; standardized tests; marketing research; and, military recruiters.

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