Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Books
Princeton University Press Why Americans Dont Join the Party Race
Book SynopsisExamining partisan attachments across the four primary racial groups - African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and whites - in the United States, this book offers an account of how race and immigration influence the relationship that Americans have - or fail to have - with the Democratic and Republican parties.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2012 Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association "This is a major advance in the study of opinion and parties. The book is well written and documented, and it contains a useful index and bibliography."--ChoiceTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables vii Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Party Identification: The Historical and Ontological Origins of a Concept 33 Chapter 3: Identity, Ideology, Information, and the Dimensionality of Nonpartisanship 61 Chapter 4: Leaving the Mule Behind: Independents and African American Partisanship 103 Chapter 5: What Does It Mean to Be a Partisan? 145 Chapter 6: The Sequential Logic of Latino and Asian American Partisanship 179 Chapter 7: Beyond the Middle: Ambivalence, Extremism, and White Nonpartisans 207 Chapter 8: The Electoral Implications of Nonpartisanship 239 Chapter 9: Conclusion 276 Bibliography 291 Index 321
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Princeton University Press Melancholia of Freedom Social Life in an Indian
Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the uncertainties, dreams, and anxieties that have accompanied post apartheid freedoms in Chatsworth, a formerly Indian township in Durban. This title describes how the racial segmentation of South African society still informs daily life, notions of race, personhood, morality, and religious ethics.Trade ReviewFinalist for the 2013 Melville J. Herskovits Award, African Studies Association "Hansen's analysis of the 'mutual nonrecognition' between citizens of India and African origin and his critical interrogation of the concept of diaspora are especially powerful... The book will be an asset to scholars and students seeking to understand urban South Africa, transnationalism, and religious transformation."--Choice "Hansen's book is definitely a very important one... [S]tudents of segregation, ethnic conflict, urban space, identity, religion, migration, music and cinema will all find something of interest here. More generally, Melancholia of Freedom offers a fascinating insight into the fate of minority groups, and the boundary work they engage in... Hansen's account allows us to better understand the processes through which minorities maintain identity and sociability in difficult contexts."--Juliette Galonnier, booksandideas.net "As depressing as this conclusion is, the author makes a compelling case for his interpretation. He brilliantly weaves the present into the past, and explains convincingly the foundation of anxieties that prevail in Chatsworth."--Surendra Bhana, Journal of Natal and Zulu HistoryTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Preface and Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Under the Gaze: Freedom and Race after Apartheid 3 Freedom and Sovereignty after Apartheid 9 Melancholia of Freedom 15 Between Irrelevance and Irreverence: "Our Culture" after Apartheid 17 Structure of the Book 20 Methods and Material 24 CHAPTER 1 Ethnicity by Fiat: The Remaking of Indian Life in South Africa 26 The Asiatic Question 27 The New Hygienic Indian 32 Census et Censura 35 The New Indian Social Body 38 Policing the Internal Frontier 46 Containing the Bush: Crime and Vigilantes in the Age of Democratic Policing 51 CHAPTER 2 Domesticity and Cultural Intimacy 59 From Kinship to Family 59 The New Indian Woman and the Family House 64 Tongues without Speech: Caste as Language Community 74 "Our Culture" as Embarrassment 77 Cultural Intimacy and Embarrassment: Charous and Lahnees 79 Class and Charou Names 82 Performing in the Gaze: The Indian Public Sphere 84 Joke-Work on a Saturday Morning 87 Comic Belief? Laughter and Cultural Intimacy 91 Charou 4 Eva: Domesticity Lost and Refound 95 CHAPTER 3 Charous and Ravans: A Story of Mutual Nonrecognition 97 AmaKula and amaZulu on the Colonial Estates 99 Durban, January 1949: "The Largest Race Riot in the World" 102 Cato Manor and the Urban Zulu 107 The Indian "1949 Syndrome" as a Social Text 110 The Syndrome Affirmed: Inanda 1985 116 Racism's Two Bodies 119 Racial Practice, Indian-Style 123 Africans at Our Doorsteps 127 Somatic Anxieties 131 Nonrecognition and the Elusive Master 136 CHAPTER 4 Autonomy, Freedom, and Political Speech 142 Local Affairs and the Problem of Indian Speech 145 The House of Delhigoats 151 "Scandals Are the Foundations of the State" 155 Who Speaks for the Community? The Particular as Universalist Gesture 160 The Only Good Indian Is a Poor Indian: The ANC and the Indian Townships 163 "All the Way": On the Ways of the Tiger 167 From Tragedy to Comedy: Politics as a Form of Enjoyment 171 CHAPTER 5 Movement, Sound, and Body in the Postapartheid City 176 The Steel Cages of Modernity 177 Driving while Brown 179 (Auto)mobility in the Postapartheid City 182 Vehicular Vernacular: Visual and Sonic 185 Taxis, Charou-Style 188 Conclusion: "Indianness," African-Style 197 CHAPTER 6 The Unwieldy Fetish: Desi Fantasies, Roots Tourism, and Diasporic Desires 200 India as an Unwieldy Fetish 201 The Spiritual Homeland 203 Seeking Ancestral Roots 203 Finding Spiritual Truth 207 Catalysts of Modernity 209 Global Desi Dreamscapes: The Revival of Bollywood in South Africa 211 "What Does This Film Make of Me?" 212 Plot Summary 214 Who Are We Indians, After All? 217 Diaspora and the Unwieldy Fetish 220 CHAPTER 7 Global Hindus and Pure Muslims: Universalist Aspirations and Territorialized Lives 223 Hinduism in Translation 226 Religious Practices, Hindu Missionaries, and Cultural Purification 228 A Nervous Relationship: Contemporary Hindu Practices in the Townships 231 The Call of Global Hinduism 236 Globalized Islam and the Impurities of the Past 239 Muslim Durban 240 Deculturation and the Invention of the Pure Muslim 247 "Oh Lord, Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes-Benz?" 252 Da'wah in the Township 256 Reaching for the Universal 259 CHAPTER 8 The Saved and the Backsliders: The Charou Soul and the Instability of Belief 261 The Fragility of the Charou Soul 266 Signs of the Spirit 269 Reconfiguring Patriarchy and Gendered Surveillance 270 On Suits and Sermons 273 Looking like Kentucky ... 277 Race, Gender, Body 282 Between Vessel and Substance: On the Exteriority of the Soul 286 Postscript: Melancholia in the Time of the "African Personality" 290 Notes 297 References 325 Index 345
£78.20
Princeton University Press On the Muslim Question
Book SynopsisIn the post-9/11 West, there is no shortage of strident voices telling us that Islam is a threat to the security, values, way of life, and even existence of the United States and Europe. This title demolishes the notion that there is a "clash of civilizations" between the West and Islam.Trade Review"Is there a clash of civilizations, as Samuel Huntington maintained, between the Muslim world and the West? Norton's response will be of interest to students of geopolitics and Islamic studies."--Kirkus Reviews "She scores many hits, and illuminates the smug racism behind much recent blazoning of Enlightenment values."--Paul Laity, Prospect "Two strengths make Norton's work stand out in the crowded field of books that address Islam and democracy. First is her insistence on considering Islamic voices of the past and present, from medieval philosopher al-Farabi to Qutb and Ramadan, as conversation partners within the Western tradition. Second is her concise rebuttal of prominent philosophers, in particular Jacques Derrida, John Rawls and Slovaj Zizek, each of whom has perceived a danger in the nature of Islam."--Steve Young, Christian Century "Professor Anne Norton of the University of Pennsylvania, is a liberal academic who takes on all the anti-Muslim hysterics, right wing paranoiacs and sloppy thinkers in this measured and profoundly thought-provoking book."--Charles H. Middleburgh, Middleburgh Blog "Anne Norton provides us with a window into the interaction between European versions of modernity and the Islamic experience, drawing attention to how Muslims often face resistance and hatred as they enter into previously constituted elements of European society."--Tikkun "Anne Norton's On the Muslim Question ... is distinguished by moral daring and intellectual perspicacity, that is bold and passionate in tone but also rigorous and academic in substance... Anne Norton's scholarly effort, as much an academic tract as a pamphlet and a political statement, redeems all those promises and amply testifies to the intellectual and moral resources of the academy as well as its integrity."--S. Parvez Manzoor, Muslim World Book Review "Anne Norton ... has written an incisive volume analyzing a question at the heart of a number of contemporary vexing domestic and foreign policy issues. She brings to the task an impressive command of the subject matter as well as exceptional insight and judgment as a political theorist."--Mujeeb Khan, H-Net Reviews "[T]he book is an insightful analysis of the way Islam and Muslims figure in contemporary discourses, and it should be read by students and scholars interested in representations of Islam and Muslims. I recommend it."--Lasse Thomassen, Political Studies Review and Political Theory "This will be excellent and important reading for missiologists, social anthropologists, political scientists, and others."--Bruce Campbell Moyer, Seminary Studies "On the Muslim Question, is an indispensable reading for scholars as well as those interested in understanding the complex relationship between Islam and the West."--Asif Mohiuddin, Islam and Civilisational Renewal "On the Muslim Question combines virtues rarely found in one place. It is scrupulously attentive to the everyday facts about the ways in which the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds interact and devastatingly sharp about the way in which the facts undermine a lot of high-flown commentary on the supposed threat the Muslim world poses to the West... [Norton] is a witty and graceful writer... On The Muslim Question is a triumph."--Alan Ryan, Journal of Church and StateTable of ContentsForeword by Ruth O'Brien ix Introduction On the Muslim Question: Philosophy, Politics, and the Western Street 1 Part I Muslim Questions* Chapter 1 Freedom of Speech 15 * Chapter 2 Sex and Sexuality 45 * Chapter 3 Women and War 67 * Chapter 4 Terror 82 * Chapter 5 Equality 94 * Chapter 6 Democracy 118 Part II In the Western Street* Chapter 7 Where Is Europe? 141 * Chapter 8 "Islamofascism" and the Burden of the Holocaust 164 * Chapter 9 In the American Desert 176 * Chapter 10 There Is No Clash of Civilizations 195 Acknowledgments 229 Notes 233 Index 247
£29.75
Princeton University Press Equal Recognition The Moral Foundations of
Book SynopsisConflicting claims about culture are a familiar refrain of political life in the contemporary world. This book reasserts the case in favor of liberal multiculturalism by developing a new ethical defense of minority rights.Trade Review"Patten's book, well written, clear, and well argued, is now the best liberal case for recognition. It is also an important rethinking of the idea of liberal neutrality."--Jeff Spinner-Halev, The Review of PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface vii 1. Introduction: Liberalism and the Accommodation of Cultural Diversity 1 1.1. Competing Interpretations of Liberalism 1 1.2. Why the Case for Liberal Culturalism Needs to Be Restated 6 1.3. Four Distinctions, Plus One More 11 1.4. The Main Argument of the Book 27 1.5. Overview 34 2. Rethinking Culture: The Social Lineage Account 38 2.1. The Dilemma of Essentialism 38 2.2. The Critique of Essentialism 40 2.3. Cultural Continuity 45 2.4. The Social Lineage Account 50 2.5. Some Related Concepts 57 2.6. The Normative Significance of Culture: A First Glance 65 3. Why Does Culture Matter? 69 3.1. Options Disadvantage 69 3.2. Culture as Context of Choice 73 3.3. The Access Account 78 3.4. The Adequacy Account 92 3.5. Cultural Preservation versus Fair Treatment of Cultures 102 4. Liberal Neutrality: A Reinterpretation and Defense 104 4.1. An Unfashionable Idea 104 4.2. Neutrality as a Downstream Value 108 4.3. Conceptions of Neutrality 111 4.4. Institutions of Neutrality 119 4.5. The Fairness Justification of Neutrality 123 4.6. The Value of Self-Determination 131 4.7. Fairness and Neutral Treatment 137 5. Equal Recognition 149 5.1. Justice and Cultural Decline: Three Views 149 5.2. Recognition 156 5.3. Recognition and Justice 164 5.4. Equal Recognition versus Liberal Nationalism 171 5.5. The Objection from Expensive Tastes 177 5.6. Is Full Proceduralism Enough? 182 6. Equal Recognition and Language Rights 186 6.1. Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights 186 6.2. Three Kinds of Language Rights 188 6.3. Two Models: Nation Building and Language Preservation 192 6.4. The Equal Recognition Model 196 6.5. The Case for Equal Recognition 201 6.6. The Nation-Building Challenge 205 6.7. The Language Preservation Challenge--Weak Versions 210 6.8. The Language Preservation Challenge--Stronger Versions 216 6.9. Equal Recognition versus the Territoriality Principle 227 7. Democratic Secession from a Multinational State 232 7.1. Theories of Secession 232 7.2. The Failure-of-Recognition Condition 237 7.3. The Equal Recognition of National Identity 242 7.4. The Democracy Argument 256 7.5. The Confederal Alternative 261 7.6. Practical Implications 264 8. Immigrants, National Minorities, and Minority Rights 269 8.1. The Immigrant/National Minority Dichotomy 269 8.2. How Voluntary Is the Decision to Emigrate? 275 8.3. Are Cultural Rights Alienable? 281 8.4. Is the Receiving Society Acting Permissibly? 285 8.5. The Limits of Voluntary Acceptance 294 References 299 Index 311
£40.50
Princeton University Press After Civil Rights
Book SynopsisRace is now relevant not only in negative cases of discrimination, but in more positive ways as well. This book examines this emerging strategy in a range of employment situations, including the low-skilled sector, professional and white-collar jobs, and entertainment and media.Trade ReviewWinner of the 2014 Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University Finalist for the 2014 Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change National Book Award, The University of Memphis Honorable Mention for the 2015 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section of the American Sociological Association "After Civil Rights makes a compelling case for the pervasiveness of race-conscious employment practices."--Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier "John Skrentny, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC-San Diego, gives readers a well-researched, thoroughly documented and provocative work, presenting his theory for how employers view race in the workplace in the USA... Skrentny's chapter on racial realism, and its corollary, immigrant realism, in the low-wage workplace, is one I wish I had written... His account of how the law works in practice and on the ground is a great read for those interested in legal studies, history, political science, sociology or civil rights."--Leticia Saucedo, LSE Review of Books "If you want to explore deeper social policy, it is worth a read."--Barry H. Dyller, Trial "With the book's over 1,300 notes, scores of case law findings, and dozens of studies on race and labor market outcomes, it is impossible not to be impressed by Skrentny's erudition, research prowess, and deft ability to link multiple academic disciplines under one driving question... If you are a race, labor, immigration, or legal scholar you should absolutely read this book. You will never think about Title VII or the intersection of race and employment decisions in the same way again."--Charles A. Gallagher, American Journal of Sociology "Skrentny shows that in many sectors of the labor market, race is used in ways that were unanticipated when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted... [His] account of racial realism in the low-skilled sector is chilling."--Kevin Lang, Journal of Economic Literature "This book skillfully presents comprehensive empirical research and is written in a conversational style accessible to a wide audience."--Nigel Carter, Transfer "[An] important and thought-provoking book."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Skrentny has authored a fascinating book that is filled with law, information about how employers operate notwithstanding the law, and empirical evidence that supports and, at times, contradicts some employers' beliefs about the usefulness of employing race as a qualifier for jobs. This empirical research should be useful to lawyers who litigate these cases using Title VII. And Skrentny comes up with a cross-disciplinary approach to solving problems. Not all of his solutions are politically or constitutionally possible, but the legislative solutions he suggests are interesting and innovative, and, perhaps in the future, may be effective."--Ann C. McGinley, Tulsa Law Review "After Civil Rights not only contributes valuably to our understanding of how race figures into employment practices at the contemporary American workplace, it also succeeds in making the case for renewing the debate about where law and public policy should go from here."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Sociologist John D. Skrentny has written an important and original book examining the fundamental role played by race in hiring and other personnel decisions in the modern American workplace. The originality of his premise calls attention to a phenomenon that everyone knows about but rarely discusses as he investigates the ways in which racial considerations are taken into account by employers for a wide range of reasons, even though in principle this practice was prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and justly celebrated as a landmark statute of historic importance. Skrentny obtains remarkable mileage by exploring this simple yet apparently paradoxical state of affairs in depth and by avoiding judgmental impulses that frequently arise."--Gavin Wright, Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Managing Race in the American Workplace 1 Chapter 2 Leverage Racial Realism in the Professions and Business 38 Chapter 3 We the People Racial Realism in Politics and Government 89 Chapter 4 Displaying Race for Dollars Racial Realism in Media and Entertainment 153 Chapter 5 The Jungle Revisited? Racial Realism in the Low-Skilled Sector 216 Chapter 6 Bringing Practice, Law, and Values Together 265 Notes 291 Index 383
£31.50
Princeton University Press No Longer Separate Not Yet Equal Race and Class
Book SynopsisAgainst the backdrop of today's increasingly multicultural society, are America's elite colleges admitting and successfully educating a diverse student body? No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal pulls back the curtain on the selective college experience and takes a rigorous and comprehensive look at how race and social class impact each stage--from apTrade ReviewWinner of the 2011 Pierre Bourdieu Book Award, Sociology of Education Section of the American Sociological Association "Both supporters and opponents of affirmative action are likely to find ammunition in Thomas J. Espenshade's and Alexandria Walton Radford's book... The authors provide a fascinating peek inside the admissions process at several unnamed universities."--Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Book, the online review at New Republic "This is a big book, exhaustively researched and packed full of facts, numbers, and prose... No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal is a must-have reference for everyone who pays attention to race and class controversies in higher education."--Robert VerBruggen, National Review "Ultimately, [the authors] argue that the most important step toward eliminating inequity in higher education and society is to close the achievement gap, and they call for the creation of an effort on the scale of the Manhattan Project to do it."--Angela P. Dodson, Diverse Education "With this incisive new book, Espenshade and Walton Radford explore the dynamics of differential college access and success in extraordinary detail... The book's most significant contribution may be its persuasive, data-based analysis of affirmative action. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in higher education's role in creating a more equitable society."--Diversity & Democracy "The authors cover a broad range of elite college admission issues that go beyond race and class, offering detailed perspectives on affirmative action. Researchers of equity issues in higher education, particularly in the selective college admission process as well as college counseling professionals will find, in this thorough and extensive work of research, tools to help clear up what may seem 'mysterious or secret' in the selective college admission process."--Joe Adegboyega-Edun, NACACNet "Espenshade and Radford have produced a highly valuable book packed with useful race-based information relating to admission, academic performance, and ethnic group interaction on elite college campuses... The data offers sound arguments for the need to not only continue race-sensitive affirmative action both in college and graduate school admissions but also in the workplace."--Journal of Blacks in Higher Education "The thoughtful work of Espenshade and Radford represented in this significant volume should be just the beginning of the next phase of the ongoing national conversation about he role of higher education in providing equality of opportunity and social mobility. This book provides a useful framework for additional research and policy development."--Jonathan Alger, Journal of College and University Law "Espenshade and Radford have produced the most comprehensive and best study yet of admissions and race relations in America's leading colleges and universities."--Steven Brint, American Journal of EducationTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xvii Chapter One: Overview 1 Chapter Two: Preparing for College 14 Chapter Three: What Counts in Being Admitted? 62 Chapter Four: The Entering Freshman Class 130 Chapter Five: Mixing and Mingling on Campus 176 Chapter Six: Academic Performance 226 Chapter Seven: Shouldering the Financial Burden 263 Chapter Eight: Broader Perspectives on the Selective College Experience 298 Chapter Nine: Do We Still Need Affirmative Action? 339 Chapter Ten: Where Do We Go from Here? 378 Appendix A: The NSCE Database 411 Appendix B: Notes on Methodology 431 Appendix C: Additional Tables 462 References 483 Index 523
£27.00
Princeton University Press Building an American Empire
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Groundbreaking. . . . The book’s central contribution is to show how the adaptations of American institutions intersected with America’s racial orders.. . . . It will be essential reading for scholars and students, graduate and undergraduate, of APD, American politics, and of the legacies and contemporary practices of settler colonialism in other countries."---David Bateman, Journal of Politics"Paul Frymer has written one of the best available accounts of the United States’ long and troubled history as a white settler nation. For anyone wanting to know why that particular form of nationalism continues to resonate so forcefully today, Building an American Empire should be required reading."---Eliga Gould, Diplomatic History"Building an American Empire is, in short, a terrific book—important, thoughtful, provocative, and seminal."---Todd Estes, American Political Thought"Paul Frymer’s excellent new book interrogates our most enduring myth—the Taming of the West—and in its place delivers a rich analysis of how U.S. leaders decided which territories and peoples would be included in the American civilizational project. His account puts original insights about space and race . . . at the center of our national story."---Thomas Ogorzalek, Political Science Quarterly"Building an American Empire is a valuable contribution to the conversation on the rise of the American national state."---William H. Bergmann, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction 1 2 Boundaries and Movement 32 3 "Advancing Compactly as We Multiply" 72 4 Homesteading and Manufacturing Whiteness 128 5 The Limits of Manifest Destiny 172 6 A Second Removal? The Rise and Defeat of Black Colonization 220 7 America's Settler Empire at the End of the Frontier 263 Index 283
£29.75
Princeton University Press After Civil Rights Racial Realism in the New
Book SynopsisWhat role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions. In After Civil Rights, John Skrentny contends that after decades of mass immigration, many employerTrade ReviewWinner of the 2014 Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Industrial Relations Section of Princeton University Finalist for the 2014 Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change National Book Award, The University of Memphis Honorable Mention for the 2015 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section of the American Sociological Association "After Civil Rights makes a compelling case for the pervasiveness of race-conscious employment practices."--Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier "John Skrentny, Professor of Sociology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies at UC-San Diego, gives readers a well-researched, thoroughly documented and provocative work, presenting his theory for how employers view race in the workplace in the USA... Skrentny's chapter on racial realism, and its corollary, immigrant realism, in the low-wage workplace, is one I wish I had written... His account of how the law works in practice and on the ground is a great read for those interested in legal studies, history, political science, sociology or civil rights."--Leticia Saucedo, LSE Review of Books "If you want to explore deeper social policy, it is worth a read."--Barry H. Dyller, Trial "With the book's over 1,300 notes, scores of case law findings, and dozens of studies on race and labor market outcomes, it is impossible not to be impressed by Skrentny's erudition, research prowess, and deft ability to link multiple academic disciplines under one driving question... If you are a race, labor, immigration, or legal scholar you should absolutely read this book. You will never think about Title VII or the intersection of race and employment decisions in the same way again."--Charles A. Gallagher, American Journal of Sociology "Skrentny shows that in many sectors of the labor market, race is used in ways that were unanticipated when the 1964 Civil Rights Act was enacted... [His] account of racial realism in the low-skilled sector is chilling."--Kevin Lang, Journal of Economic Literature "This book skillfully presents comprehensive empirical research and is written in a conversational style accessible to a wide audience."--Nigel Carter, Transfer "[An] important and thought-provoking book."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Skrentny has authored a fascinating book that is filled with law, information about how employers operate notwithstanding the law, and empirical evidence that supports and, at times, contradicts some employers' beliefs about the usefulness of employing race as a qualifier for jobs. This empirical research should be useful to lawyers who litigate these cases using Title VII. And Skrentny comes up with a cross-disciplinary approach to solving problems. Not all of his solutions are politically or constitutionally possible, but the legislative solutions he suggests are interesting and innovative, and, perhaps in the future, may be effective."--Ann C. McGinley, Tulsa Law Review "After Civil Rights not only contributes valuably to our understanding of how race figures into employment practices at the contemporary American workplace, it also succeeds in making the case for renewing the debate about where law and public policy should go from here."--Anthony S. Chen, Social Service Review "Sociologist John D. Skrentny has written an important and original book examining the fundamental role played by race in hiring and other personnel decisions in the modern American workplace. The originality of his premise calls attention to a phenomenon that everyone knows about but rarely discusses as he investigates the ways in which racial considerations are taken into account by employers for a wide range of reasons, even though in principle this practice was prohibited by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and justly celebrated as a landmark statute of historic importance. Skrentny obtains remarkable mileage by exploring this simple yet apparently paradoxical state of affairs in depth and by avoiding judgmental impulses that frequently arise."--Gavin Wright, Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Preface xi Chapter 1 Managing Race in the American Workplace 1 Chapter 2 Leverage Racial Realism in the Professions and Business 38 Chapter 3 We the People Racial Realism in Politics and Government 89 Chapter 4 Displaying Race for Dollars Racial Realism in Media and Entertainment 153 Chapter 5 The Jungle Revisited? Racial Realism in the Low-Skilled Sector 216 Chapter 6 Bringing Practice, Law, and Values Together 265 Notes 291 Index 383
£25.20
Princeton University Press Keeping it Halal The Everyday Lives of Muslim
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association""Swift and insightful. . . . O'Brien effectively shows teenage Muslim Americans to be an unjustly persecuted minority, delving into the psychology of how they behave in reaction to their outsider status in order to paint a portrait of social anxiety and strained assimilation that is universal in its power." * Publishers Weekly *"Surprising and disarming." * New Statesman *"O’Brien, who converted to Islam as an adult, unlocks numerous insights and generates stimulating questions as he observes how these Muslim teenagers negotiate their culturally contested lives." * Christian Century *"[T]he book is intimate and is surprisingly enjoyable to read. The boys featured are very much real and the struggles—and triumphs—they experience are rendered potently. While slogging through endlessly, unnecessarily dense academic readings, it can be easy to forget that reading can be both smooth and impactful at the same time. In short: I both grew and had fun reading Keeping it Halal." * Journal of the History of Ideas blog *
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Princeton University Press The Extreme Gone Mainstream
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a necessary book for anyone wanting to better understand the rituals and strategies being used in far-right cultures as they attempt to bring xenophobic, fascistic ideologies to the mainstream."---Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia, EuropeNow"Highly original."---Cas Mudde, FiveBooks
£25.20
Princeton University Press Trans
Book SynopsisIn the summer of 2015, shortly after Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender, the NAACP official and political activist Rachel Dolezal was outed by her parents as white, touching off a heated debate in the media about the fluidity of gender and race. If Jenner could legitimately identify as a woman, could Dolezal legitimately identify as black? TaTrade Review"Pacy and stimulating... The nub of Trans's argument is that we are culturally primed to be more receptive to transgender journeys, whether male to female or vice versa, because these are framed as identity or even civil rights issues, whereas racial identities are still categorical."--Marina Benjamin, New Statesman "The value in Brubaker's book is not in readjudicating old internet battles, but in laying out current conflicts of identity in a public, accessible way; academics have been thinking and talking about the fluidity and fixedness of gender and race for a long time, but their thinking hasn't always been part of mainstream conversations. Especially with the growing number of legislative, judicial, and cultural challenges to the role of gender in American society, sometimes, it can just be useful to lay out the terms of debate."--Emma Green, The Atlantic "Lucid, sophisticated, and judicious, Trans is an important and timely exploration of the increasingly uncertain and unsettled boundaries of identity."--Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier "While the ?rst part of Trans compares Dolezal and Jenner, the second leverages the concept of transgender to examine transracial differences. Ultimately, Brubaker would like us to recognize transracial identities in the same way we accept transgender ones. In his analysis, transracial identities generate uneasy resonances with not only the dark histories of racial passing, but also the contemporary realities of racial oppression. Still, he prods us to reflect on the new kinds of racial identities being created through interracial relations, multiracial movements and generational change. While the mainstream recognizes transgender, it remains wary of transracial. The controversy over trans identities is far from settled."--Macleans "Brubaker maintains that we are living in 'an age of unsettled identities.' Of that, he convinces me. This book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the categories of identity and how they are being invoked or subverted."--Leonard Curry, Christian Century "This short book packs a wallop. In our era of academic hyper-specialization, where there is an ever-present temptation to bore deeper into a subject, and where identity politics can amplify that tendency by discouraging people from writing about groups they cannot claim to be members of, this comparative analysis of race and gender by a white cisgender man offers up a much-needed, fresh perspective."--Arlene Stein, Public Books "[A] clear-eyed, eye-opening book to see ways in which transracialism may and may not be considered as legitimate as transgenderism in the modern push for fluidity of identity categories."--A. Loudermilk, PopMatters "Brubaker ... one of our finest analysts of the politics of difference, provides a clear and concise guide for the perplexed. He carefully lays out a taxonomy of both older and emerging classifications of 'trans,' ordering both the many meanings of transgender and the less well known and more contested ideas about transracial... What is clear from this excellent book is that the cultural logic of autonomy/choice that is working itself out in our age of unsettled identities is not of itself self-limiting. Wherever it takes us as a society, it seems, we will be forced to go."--Joseph E. Davis, SocietyTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part One: The Trans Moment 1 Transgender, Transracial? 15 "Transgender" and "Transracial" before the Dolezal Affair 17 The Field of Argument 21 "If Jenner, Then Dolezal": The Argument from Similarity 22 Boundary Work: The Argument from Difference 31 2 Categories in Flux 40 Unsettled Identities 41 The Empire of Choice 50 The Policing of Identity Claims 56 The New Objectivism 64 Part Two: Thinking with Trans 3 The Trans of Migration 71 Unidirectional Transgender Trajectories 74 Reconsidering "Transracial" 80 Transracial Trajectories, Past and Present 82 4 The Trans of Between 92 Transgender Betweenness: Oscillation, Recombination, Gradation 94 Racial and Gender Betweenness 101 Recombinatory Racial Betweenness: Classification and Identification 104 Performing Betweenness 108 5 The Trans of Beyond 113 Beyond Gender? 114 Beyond Race? 122 Conclusion 131 Notes 153 Bibliography 183 Index 229
£18.00
Princeton University Press Below the Surface
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This is essential reading for all who wish to understand how to help adolescents navigate the critical developmental task of identity formation in our diverse society. Below the Surface is a beacon of intergroup empathy and understanding, providing tangible strategies for thoughtful engagement in complicated but crucial conversations with young people.”—Carola Suárez-Orozco, coauthor of Learning a New Land“The authors of Below the Surface are rising stars in their field. In this fast-paced and accessible book, they engage with the research on race-ethnicity, social justice, and cross-cultural communications for adolescent and college-age youth development, and their analysis is on target. The wonderful final chapter alone is worth the entire book and should be required reading.”—William E. Cross Jr., University of Denver"This book is an absolute pleasure to read. It is timely and beautifully written by two scholars who have enjoyed a long and productive collaboration. The topics covered are a valuable review for researchers who study ethnic-racial identity development. What makes the volume especially appealing is that it also speaks to parents, educators, and anyone else committed to helping today’s youth navigate the joys and challenges of growing up in an increasingly diverse society."—Sandra Graham, University of California, Los AngelesBelow the Surface is a refreshing and comprehensive review of the current state of the research literature on ethnic-racial identity and socialization processes. It is a must-read for scholars interested in conducting research in the area as well as for practitioners committed to delivering effective educational services to adolescents.—Robert M. Sellers, University of Michigan “This amazing, brilliant book draws on a range of theories and findings to weave a narrative about race and ethnicity in the United States. The authors, both top-notch researchers in their field, bring together the goals of developing ethnic identity and positive intergroup interactions into one volume. Given the polarized conversation about race and ethnicity happening nationally and globally today, this compelling book could not be timelier.” —Melanie Killen, University of Maryland
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Princeton University Press White Backlash
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinners of the 2016 Ralph J. Bunche Award, American Political Science Association Selected for The New York Times Book Review's "The Year in Reading" 2016 One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015 "Not only a solid piece of political scientific research, this book should play a central role in understanding of US party politics over the next several decades... A must-read."--Choice "White Backlash is compelling ... a highly important and timely read."--Eric Kaufmann, Literary Review "A remarkable contribution to the interdisciplinary field of critical migration studies. It's a book of interest to researchers and practitioners working in the field of political science, demography and migration as it provides insight into the political, demographical, and cultural dimensions of the USA today."--Dr. Olga R. Gulina, Journal of Global Analysis "White Backlash builds a compelling argument."--George Hawley, Political Science Quarterly "White Backlash represents a bold and challenging contribution to the study of immigration and its impact on contemporary politics and policymaking. It adds serious and sobering findings to the dialogue on race and ethnic politics, which we can only hope will be ameliorated in time."--Sara Wallace Goodman, Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsIllustrations vii Tables ix Acknowledgments xi INTRODUCTION 1 PART I Theory 23 CHAPTER 1 A Theory of Immigration Backlash Politics 25 PART II Views on Immigration and Defection to the Republican Party 61 CHAPTER 2 Immigration, Latinos, and the Transformation of White Partisanship 63 CHAPTER 3 How Immigration Shapes the Vote 88 PART III Understanding the Roots of the Backlash 113 CHAPTER 4 The Geography of the Immigration Backlash 115 CHAPTER 5 Media Coverage of Immigration and White Macropartisanship 154 PART IV The Consequences 181 CHAPTER 6 The Policy Backlash 183 CONCLUSION Implications for A Deeply Divided United States 201 References 217 Index 233
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Princeton University Press Building an American Empire The Era of
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 J. David Greenstone Book Prize, Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association""Winner of the 2018 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association""Groundbreaking. . . . The book’s central contribution is to show how the adaptations of American institutions intersected with America’s racial orders.. . . . It will be essential reading for scholars and students, graduate and undergraduate, of APD, American politics, and of the legacies and contemporary practices of settler colonialism in other countries."---David Bateman, Journal of Politics"Paul Frymer has written one of the best available accounts of the United States’ long and troubled history as a white settler nation. For anyone wanting to know why that particular form of nationalism continues to resonate so forcefully today, Building an American Empire should be required reading."---Eliga Gould, Diplomatic History"Building an American Empire is, in short, a terrific book—important, thoughtful, provocative, and seminal."---Todd Estes, American Political Thought"Paul Frymer’s excellent new book interrogates our most enduring myth—the Taming of the West—and in its place delivers a rich analysis of how U.S. leaders decided which territories and peoples would be included in the American civilizational project. His account puts original insights about space and race . . . at the center of our national story."---Thomas Ogorzalek, Political Science Quarterly"Building an American Empire is a valuable contribution to the conversation on the rise of the American national state."---William H. Bergmann, American Historical Review
£20.90
Princeton University Press Keeping It Halal
Book Synopsis"Engaging and insightful. O'Brien provides rich descriptions of the cultural work these teenagers do in their efforts to be both good Muslims and fully American."--Mark Chaves, author of American Religion.n.Trade Review"Winner of the Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of Religion Section of the American Sociological Association""Swift and insightful. . . . O'Brien effectively shows teenage Muslim Americans to be an unjustly persecuted minority, delving into the psychology of how they behave in reaction to their outsider status in order to paint a portrait of social anxiety and strained assimilation that is universal in its power." * Publishers Weekly *"Surprising and disarming." * New Statesman *"O’Brien, who converted to Islam as an adult, unlocks numerous insights and generates stimulating questions as he observes how these Muslim teenagers negotiate their culturally contested lives." * Christian Century *"[T]he book is intimate and is surprisingly enjoyable to read. The boys featured are very much real and the struggles—and triumphs—they experience are rendered potently. While slogging through endlessly, unnecessarily dense academic readings, it can be easy to forget that reading can be both smooth and impactful at the same time. In short: I both grew and had fun reading Keeping it Halal." * Journal of the History of Ideas blog *
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Princeton University Press Figures of the Future
Book SynopsisAn in-depth look at how U.S. Latino advocacy groups are using ethnoracial demographic projections to bring about political change in the presentFor years, newspaper headlines, partisan speeches, academic research, and even comedy routines have communicated that the United States is undergoing a profound demographic transformation—one that will purportedly change the “face” of the country in a matter of decades. But the so-called browning of America, sociologist Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz contends, has less to do with the complexion of growing populations than with past and present struggles shaping how demographic trends are popularly imagined and experienced. Offering an original and timely window into these struggles, Figures of the Future explores the population politics of national Latino civil rights groups.Based on eight years of ethnographic and qualitative research, spanning both the Obama and Trump administrations, this boTrade Review"Winner of the Otis Dudley Duncan Book Award, Population Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the Mary Douglas Prize, Culture Section of the American Sociological Association""Winner of the Best Book Award, Latino/a Section of the American Sociological Association""Honorable Mention for the Charles Tilly Distinguished Book Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association""Incredibly original and innovative. . . . [Figures of the Future] is an outstanding contribution to the field."---Julie A. Dowling, Social Forces"[Rodríguez-Muñiz] takes readers to the frontline of Latino advocacy and vividly describes how activists use demographic figures for political persuasion. . . . As the lofty optimism of a supposedly post-racial future was shattered by a dystopian embrace of white supremacy, many of us are still dizzy from this ride. Against this backdrop, Rodríguez-Muñiz provides us with critical tools to evaluate where we stand and where we go from here."---Sunmin Kim, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity"Rodríguez-Muñiz crafts a conscientious, sociologically informed narrative that is approachable yet critical, and that engages while challenging the reader." * Sociological Viewpoints *
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Princeton University Press Failures of Forgiveness
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the Zocalo Book Prize""A Seminary Co-Op Notable Book of the Year""A first rate work from a penetrating mind." * Publishers Weekly, starred review *"Spry and convincing. . . . [Cherry] is especially insightful on the asymmetry of forgiveness requests following incidents of racial violence. . . [A] nuanced view of how one might both cultivate possibilities of forgiveness – as requesters and extenders – and learn to live with its lack."---Rhoda Feng, Times Literary Supplement"Eminently readable and always engaging, Failures of Forgiveness brings a care and clarity to the complex concept at its heart, ultimately asking us to enlarge the ways we understand—and practice—forgiveness. For the desire to write prose that is at once accessible and precise, Cherry needn’t apologize. . . she accomplishes both.”"---Gregory Laski, Los Angeles Review of Books"Myisha Cherry will make you stop and (re)examine what you think you know about forgiveness."---Karla J. Strand, Ms. Magazine"A fascinating examination of forgiveness, its conceptions and misconceptions, and how we can best extend (or choose not to extend) forgiveness in our lives with reparative aims. . . .Well-written, thoughtful, and highly intelligent, this book has transformed my understanding of forgiveness."---Ilina Jha, Redbrick Culture"[A]n accessible, thoughtful book that offers a useful corrective to an overly narrow definition of forgiveness. . . . [Failures of Forgiveness] should propel subtle reflection and rich, deep conversation."---Paul Dornan, Presbyterian Outlook"Thoughtful. . . . [Failures of Forgiveness] will attract readers eager to delve into forgiveness in its many forms." * Library Journal *"A very helpful guide book for those who want to know how philosophy can help us to understand and practise forgiveness better today."---Stephen Cherry, Church Times
£19.80
University Press of Kansas Kansas Citys Montgall Avenue Black Leaders and
Book SynopsisPresents the extraordinary, century-old history of one city block whose residents shaped the changing status of Black people in Kansas City and built the social and economic institutions that supported the city’s Black community during the first half of the twentieth century.Trade Review"Woven with the profound stories of our city’s most influential Black leaders, in Kansas City’s Montgall Avenue, Margie Carr reminds us of the work still to be done in our city and country to address the historical and current underinvestment and systemic racism in our communities through the eyes of one block. We have the power to correct these wrongs of the past and create a truly equitable future."—Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas"Margie Carr’s work is an outstanding addition to the history of Black Kansas City and Kansas City as a whole. By examining the lives of the residents of this one block, Carr teases out important individuals and events that shaped Black Kansas City."—Charles E. Coulter, author of Take Up the Black Man’s Burden: Kansas City’s African American Communities, 1865-1939"Margie Carr’s new book is the extraordinary century-old history of one city block, consisting of sixteen Black-owned houses, which both shaped and reflected the changing status of African Americans in Kansas City, Missouri. Montgall Avenue’s initial residents included Black newspaper editors, educators, and businesspeople, as well as leaders of the NAACP and other civic organizations. And it was a beautiful block; its graceful houses featured lovely gardens, and giant elm trees formed a canopy over the street. Time and racism, however, have taken their toll. Today, most of the houses have been abandoned or razed. Fires destroyed some of them; dynamite hurled by angry whites destroyed others. Intelligently conceived, meticulously researched, and beautifully written, Carr’s book is invaluable not only for those interested in the history of African Americans in Kansas City but also for those concerned about America’s future."—William M. Tuttle, Jr., professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Kansas, and author of Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919 and “Daddy’s Gone to War”: The Second World War in the Lives of America’s ChildrenTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1: The Foundation of a Community: Montgall Avenue from 1904 to 19191. Rufus Montgall: The Man behind the Street2. 2436 Montgall Avenue: Hugh Oliver and Myrtle Foster Cook3. 2444 Montgall Avenue: Anna Holland Jones4. 2442 Montgall Avenue: Hezekiah Walden5. 2434 Montgall Avenue: Frances Jackson, Carolyn Brydie, and Gwendolyn CalderonPart 2: The Hub of a Community: Montgall Avenue from 1920 to 19406. 2451 Montgall Avenue: John Edward Perry and Fredericka Douglass Perry7. 2453 Montgall Avenue: Homer Roberts8. 2447 Montgall Avenue: Chester Franklin and Ada Crogman9. 2444 Montgall Avenue: The Bluford Family10. 2457 Montgall Avenue: Piney Brown11. 2449 Montgall Avenue: The Pittman FamilyPart 3: The Transformation of a Community: Montgall Avenue from 1941 to 199812. Residents Reach Pinnacle of Power, 194113. A Black Journalist Covering Public Spaces and a Horrific Crime, 194214. The Civil Rights Two-Step, 1955-196715. Surviving Riot, Attacks, and Decline, 1968-199816. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£19.51
University Press of Kansas Contested Valor African American Marines in the
Book SynopsisOffers a challenging examination of the use and status of black Marines in United States military service during the Cold War era. These pioneering men experienced contested military integration, as well as multiple forms of institutional and social opposition, which called their humanity, manhood, and rights to full citizenship into question.Trade ReviewThis remarkable book, Contested Valor, greatly expands our knowledge of the underappreciated story of the introduction of African Americans into the Marine Corps. Cameron McCoy, through meticulous research and germane argumentation, shows the significance of integration from the first African Americans in the corps in 1942 through the divisive Vietnam War. It is a must-read for all those interested in military and African American history." - Kyle Longley, director of the War, Diplomacy, and Society Program at Chapman University and author of The Morenci Marines: A Tale of Small Town America and the Vietnam WarTable of Contents Series Editor’s Foreword Preface The TrailblazersAcknowledgments IntroductionPartI: “Mr. President, What of the Marines?” 1. Token Devil Dogs 2. You People: Things Must Be Rough for Uncle Sam 3. The Myth of Image: American Culture& the Propaganda War Machine Part II: Bloods and the “White Man’ Folly” 4. A Return to Normalcy: “What Are You Doing Saluting That Nigger?” 5. Growing Pains: Black Solidarity and the Arsenal of White Supremacy 6. For a New Generation Conclusion Appendix: Supplemental Documents Notes Bibliography Index
£34.16
Pluto Press Asians In Britain
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking history of Asian settlement in Britain from 1700 to the present dayTrade Review'This excellent book does a great deal to explain how the idea of white supremacy lingers' -- Hanif Kureishi, The Observer'A lively- and timely- survey of British Indian history' -- Salman Rushdie'An invaluable resource for academics and journalists who want to study and understand the thriving Asian community in contemporary Britain' -- The Times'Gripping to read' -- Dilip Hiro, TLS'A compelling book ... essential reading' -- Farrukh Dhondy, Guardian'A work of great scholarship, which amply demonstrates the truth of the author's conclusions' -- Wasafiri'An exceptional introduction to Asian legacy and heritage in Britian' -- Muslim NewsTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements 1. A Long Presence 2. Early Arrivals: 1600-1830s 3. A Community in the Making: 1830s-1914 4. Through Indian Eyes: Travellers' Perceptions of Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries 5. Parliamentarians, Revolutionaries and Suffragettes 6. Indians in the First World War 7. Citizens or Aliens? Racism, Repatriation and Passport Control 8. Lascar Activism in Britain 1920-1945 9. Asians in Britain 1919-1947 10. Radical Voices 11. Contributions in the Second World War 12. Conclusions Notes Select Bibliography Index
£26.99
Pluto Press The Politics of Islamophobia
Book SynopsisMoves beyond the limited framing of the 'War on Terror' which has dominated recent debates, offering a new perspective on the study of Islamophobia.Trade Review'A new framework of political and social theory which will facilitate the interrogation of Islamophobia, drawing on complex, multi-level analysis that makes a major contribution' -- Ian Law, Professor of Racism and Ethnicity Studies at the University of Leeds and author of Racism and Ethnicity: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions (2010).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Prologue 1. Framing Islamophobia 2. Now you see me: fantasy and misrecognition 3. Once more, with feeling: Islamophobia and racial politics 4. Post-politics and Islamophobia 5. Democrat, Moderate, Other 6. Islamophobia beyond the war on terror 7. Questions, questions, questions: reframing Islamophobia Notes Index
£72.25
Pluto Press The Unchosen
Book SynopsisAn intimate look at the lives of asylum seekers and migrant workers in IsraelTrade Review'Equipped with a profound knowledge of the plight of non-Jews who have come to Israel in search of work and asylum, Mya Guarnieri Jaradat brings their struggles to life in all of their complexity' -- Neve Gordon, co-author of The Human Right to Dominate (Oxford University Press, 2015)'The world needs more journalists with Guarnieri Jaradat's dedication, compassion, and unblinking intelligence. The Unchosen is as clear-eyed as it is heartfelt ... essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Israel' -- Ben Ehrenreich, journalist and author of The Way to the Spring: Life and Death in Palestine (Penguin, 2016)'An engaging book ... its contribution to the debate on migration is timely and useful' -- Haaretz'A crucial text for understanding the current refugee crisis in Israel' -- n+1'An exemplary and affecting piece of reportage' -- Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements 1. Black Market Kindergartens 2. The New Others: Migrant Workers 3. The Second Wave: A 'Flood' of African Asylum Seekers 4. 'Our Boss Took His Dogs to the Bomb Shelters But Left Us in the Fields': Thai Workers Doing 'Hebrew Work' 5. 'Clean and Tidy': Foreigners in Israel after Operation Cast Lead 6. Black City: The 'Infiltrators' 7. Jewish Girls for the Jewish People: The Knesset and the High Court 8. The Only Darfuri Refugee in Israel Postscript Notes Index
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Pluto Press Staying Power
Book SynopsisThe classic history of black people in Britain, an epic story that spans the Roman conquest to the present day.Trade Review'Encyclopedic, courageous and passionately written there is no more important and no more ground breaking a book on Black British history than Staying Power. Everyone who has researched or written on the subject since its publication in 1984 owes something to Fryer' -- David Olusoga, author of 'Black and British: A Forgotten History''Wonderful' -- Lenny Henry'Rare in its mastery' -- CLR James'A fascinating account of the growth of the black community in Britain over the past centuries' -- Guardian'For this retrieval of the lost histories of black Britain Mr Fryer has my deep gratitude. An invaluable book, which manages the rare feat of combining scholarship with readability' -- Salman RushdieTable of ContentsForeword by Gary Younge Introduction by Paul Gilroy Preface 1. 'Those Kinde of People' 2. 'Necessary Implements' 3. Britain's Slave Ports 4. The Black Community Takes Shape 5. Eighteenth-Century Voices 6. Slavery and the Law 7. The Rise of English Racism 8. Up from Slavery 9. Challenges to Empire 10. Under Attack 11. The Settlers 12. The New Generation Appendices Notes Suggestions for Further Reading Index
£72.25
Pluto Press To Exist is to Resist Black Feminism in Europe
Book SynopsisIn a divided continent, Black women and women of colour come together to undertake creative resistances and imagine radical new futures.Trade Review'Centring the Black experience in Europe is a bold and empowering act. This anthology offers crucial insights into what it means to navigate this region as a black female body. I truly welcome the publication of this book.' -- Jeannette Ehlers, Visual Artist'To read this book is to fully engage in an understanding of Black Feminism and Afrofeminism praxis. It is to discover the plurality of experiences, so that a political sisterhood and a global liberation can be born' -- Laura Nsafou, blogger at Mrs. Roots and author of 'Like A Million Black Butterflies'Table of ContentsList of Figures Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction: On the Problems and Possibilities of European Black Feminism and Afrofeminism - Akwugo Emejulu and Francesca Sobande Part II: Resistance, Solidarity and Coalition-Building 2. The Collective Mobilisation of African Women in Athens 'United We Stand' - Viki Zaphiriou-Zarifi 3. Making Space: Black and Womxn of Colour Feminist Activism in Madrid - Nadia Nadesan 4. Those Who Fight For Us Without Us Are Against Us: Afrofeminist Activism in France - Mwasi Collectif 5. Afro Women's Activism in Belgium: Questioning Diversity and Solidarity - Nicole Grégoire and Modi Ntambwe 6. A Black Feminist's Guide to Improper Activism - Claire Heuchan Part III: Emotions, Affect and Intimate Relations 7. Revisiting the Home as a Site of Freedom and Resistance - Gabriella Beckles-Raymond 8. Uses of Black/African Literature and Afrofeminist Literary Spaces by Women of Colour in French-Speaking Switzerland - Pamela Ohene-Nyako 9. 'Blackness Disrupts My Germanness.' On Embodiment and Questions of Identity and Belonging among Women of Colour in Germany - Johanna Melissa Lukate 10. Love and Affection: The Radical Possibilities of Friendship Between Women of Colour - Ego Ahaiwe Sowinske and Nazmia Jamal 11. Black Pete, Black Motherhood and Womanist Ethics - Lubumbe Van de Velde 12. Warriors and Survivors: The Eartha Kitt Files - Alecia McKenzie Part IV: Surviving the Academy 13. In the Changing Light; Daring to Be Powerful - Yesim Deveci 14. Cruel Ironies: The Afterlife of Black Womxn's Intervention - Cruel Ironies Collective 15. Creating a Space within the German Academy - Melody Howse 16. A Manifesto for Survival - Sadiah Qureshi 17. At the Margin of Institutional Whiteness: Black Women in Danish Academia - Oda-Kange Midtvage Diallo 18. Africanist Sista-hood in Britain: Creating Our Own Pathways - Chijioke Obasi Part V: Digital and Creative Labour 19. But Some of Us Are Tired: Black Women's 'Personal Feminist Essays' in the Digital Sphere - Kesiena Boom 20. Coming to Movement: African Diasporic Women in British Dance - Tia-Monique Uzor 21. Through Our Lens: Filming Our Resistance. Does the Future Look Black in Europe? - Dorett Jones 22. When We Heal: Creative Practice as a Means of Activism and Self-Preservation - Stacie CC Graham Notes on Contributors Index
£72.25
Pluto Press Deepening Divides How Territorial Borders and
Book SynopsisA non-Eurocentric, interdisciplinary collection arguing that boundaries and borders are best understood as overlapping categories.Trade Review'This volume is the first to bring together two distinct phenomena usually studied in separate strands of research: how migration regimes police the territorial boundaries of states, and how differentiating between and discriminating against minority groups creates social boundaries within states. An important and timely intellectual move' -- Andreas Wimmer, author of 'Ethnic Boundary Making: Institutions, Networks, Power''This is a splendid collection of essays that illustrates how racial, gender and class-based discrimination is instrumental to the justification of the state's right to exclude. With case studies from five continents and genuinely interdisciplinary contributions, this volume is an indispensable theoretical and political tool for reflecting on migration and territorial rights in the 21st century' -- Lea Ypi, author of 'Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency'Table of Contents1. Introduction: Connecting Borders and Boundaries - Didier Fassin PART I: POLITICAL AND MORAL ECONOMIES 2. What Money Can Buy: Citizenship by Investment on a Global Scale - Kristin Surak 3. Monitoring International Labor Precarity: The State Management of Migrant Domestic Workers - Rhacel Parreñas 4. When Migrants Claim Blood Kinship: Constructing Hierarchies of Human Worth - Ays¸e Parla 5. Family Resemblances: Binational Marriage, Muslim “Communalism,” and the Patriarchal State - Mayanthi Fernando PART II: LEGAL DISBARRING 6. An Earlier Ban: Chinese Exclusion and Plenary Power - Mae Ngai 7. Manners of Exclusion: From the Asiatic Barred Zone to the Muslim Ban - Sherally Munshi 8. Brave New Worlds: The Racial Regimes of the Americas - Michael Hanchard 9. The Outlawed: Landscapes of Human Rights - Tugba Basaran PART III: CREATING SPACES 10. Protection: Sanctuary and the Contested Ethics of Presence in the United States - Linda Bosniak 11. Ruination and Rebuilding: The Precarious Place of a Border Town in Gaza - Ilana Feldman 12. Symmetry and Affinity: Comparing Borders and Border-Making Processes in Africa - Paul Nugent Notes on Contributors Index
£72.25
Pluto Press Deepening Divides How Territorial Borders and
Book SynopsisA non-Eurocentric, interdisciplinary collection arguing that boundaries and borders are best understood as overlapping categories.Trade Review'This volume is the first to bring together two distinct phenomena usually studied in separate strands of research: how migration regimes police the territorial boundaries of states, and how differentiating between and discriminating against minority groups creates social boundaries within states. An important and timely intellectual move' -- Andreas Wimmer, author of 'Ethnic Boundary Making: Institutions, Networks, Power''This is a splendid collection of essays that illustrates how racial, gender and class-based discrimination is instrumental to the justification of the state's right to exclude. With case studies from five continents and genuinely interdisciplinary contributions, this volume is an indispensable theoretical and political tool for reflecting on migration and territorial rights in the 21st century' -- Lea Ypi, author of 'Global Justice and Avant-Garde Political Agency'Table of Contents1. Introduction: Connecting Borders and Boundaries - Didier Fassin PART I: POLITICAL AND MORAL ECONOMIES 2. What Money Can Buy: Citizenship by Investment on a Global Scale - Kristin Surak 3. Monitoring International Labor Precarity: The State Management of Migrant Domestic Workers - Rhacel Parreñas 4. When Migrants Claim Blood Kinship: Constructing Hierarchies of Human Worth - Ays¸e Parla 5. Family Resemblances: Binational Marriage, Muslim “Communalism,” and the Patriarchal State - Mayanthi Fernando PART II: LEGAL DISBARRING 6. An Earlier Ban: Chinese Exclusion and Plenary Power - Mae Ngai 7. Manners of Exclusion: From the Asiatic Barred Zone to the Muslim Ban - Sherally Munshi 8. Brave New Worlds: The Racial Regimes of the Americas - Michael Hanchard 9. The Outlawed: Landscapes of Human Rights - Tugba Basaran PART III: CREATING SPACES 10. Protection: Sanctuary and the Contested Ethics of Presence in the United States - Linda Bosniak 11. Ruination and Rebuilding: The Precarious Place of a Border Town in Gaza - Ilana Feldman 12. Symmetry and Affinity: Comparing Borders and Border-Making Processes in Africa - Paul Nugent Notes on Contributors Index
£28.80
Pluto Press The Point is to Change the World
Book SynopsisAn inspiring collection from one of the Caribbean's most vital political figures.Trade Review'Andaiye was the most important Caribbean woman intellectual-activist of the generation of Walter Rodney. Her subtle, river-clear, loving and angry intelligence is rescued here, and with it the memory of the political struggles of the 1970s and 80s in which a critical feminism emerged from the ruins of the Black Power moment' -- Richard Drayton, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London'It is not an exaggeration to say that this volume will occupy a vaunted place alongside the writings of C. L. R. James, Frantz Fanon, Aime Cesaire, Sylvia Wynter, Edouard Glissant, George Lamming, Kamau Brathwaite, Stuart Hall, and certainly Walter Rodney. And like her distinguished predecessors, Andaiye and her brilliant collaborator, Alissa Trotz, did not put this book together in order to gather dust in a library. The title says it all: The Point is to Change the World' -- Robin D.G. Kelley, author of 'Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination''This collection is a benchmark for the study of the Caribbean radical imagination' -- Clem Seecharan, Emeritus Professor of History at London Metropolitan University and author of 'Sweetening "Bitter Sugar": Jock Campbell, the Booker Reformer in British Guiana, 1934-66''A comprehensive assessment of Andaiye's journey of personal, political and professional growth. Notwithstanding her privileged position, she was a resolute advocate for working-class women. Her legacy as a Caribbean activist and strategist is formidable' -- Patricia Rodney, Chair of the Walter Rodney FoundationTable of ContentsFOREWORDS Andaiye’s Radical Imagination—with Special Reference to Hern Engagement with the Working People’s Alliance - Clem Seecharan Between Home and Street: Andaiye’s Revolutionary Vision - Robin D. G. Kelley The Principle of Justice as a Labor of Caring - Honor Ford-Smith Editor’s Note: On the Politics of Precision Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations PART ONE - LEARNING LESSONS FROM PAST ORGANIZING Section I - The Good and Bad of Some Earlier Feminist and Left Organizing in the Region 1. The Angle You Look from Determines What You See: Towards a Critique of Feminist Politics and Organizing in the Caribbean [2002] 2. The Historic Centrality of Mr. Slime: George Lamming’s Pursuit of Class Betrayal in Novels and Speeches [2003] 3. The Grenada Revolution, the Caribbean Left, and the Regional Women’s Movement: Preliminary Notes on One Journey [2010] 4. Conversations about Organizing: Revised Excerpts from an Interview with Andaiye by David Scott [2004] Section II - Notes on the Guyana Indian/African Race Divide, and on Organizing within and against it 5. 1964: The Rupture of Neighborliness and its Legacy for Indian/African Relations [2008; 2018] (with D. Alissa Trotz) 6. Organizing within and against Race Divides: Lessons from Guyana’s African Society for Cultural Relations with Independent Africa, Indian Political Revolutionary Associates, and the Early Working People’s Alliance [2008, 2017/2018] 7. Three Letters against Race Violence [2004, 2008] PART TWO - A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE: STARTING WITH THE UNWAGED CARING WORK OF MAINLY WOMEN WE REACH ALL SECTORS Section I - Why and How to Count Unwaged Work 8. Valuing Unwaged Work: A Preparatory Brief for CARICOM Ministers Responsible for Women’s Affairs Attending the 4th World Conference on Women [1994] 9. Grassroots Women Learning to Count their Unwaged Work: Summary Report on a 2001–2002 Trial [2009] 10. Looking at the Legalization of Abortion from the Perspective of Women as Unwaged Carers [1993] Section II - Breaking the Frontier between Home and Street, Unwaged and Waged 11. Strike for a Millennium which Values all Women’s Work and all Women’s Lives: A Call to Action [2000] 12. The Impact of the IMF Structural Adjustment Programme on Women’s Unwaged Work and How We Can Resist It [c.mid-1980s] 13. Housewives and Other Carers in the Guyanese Resistance of the Late 1970s and Early 1980s: Looking Back [2010] 134 14. Four Letters in Defense of Workers, Unwaged and Waged, and their Families [2011, 2012, 2018] PART THREE - THE POLITICAL IN THE PERSONAL Section I - My Breast and Yours, and the Inequalities of Power 15. The War on Cancer as Seen by an Embattled Survivor [2017/2018] 16. Sister Survivor: For Audre Lorde [1992] Section II - Women and Depression: Auto/biographies 17. Asylum: Diary of the Last Seven Days in a Women’s Psychiatric Ward [c.1973] 18. M: A Daughter’s Tale [c.1982] Section III - Undomesticating Violence 19. Against the Beating of Children: Submission to a Parliamentary Sub-committee on the Corporal Punishment of Children [2013] 20. Three Letters against Sexual Violence against Children [2010] 21. Knife Edge: Living with Domestic and Economic Violence [2013] 22. Women as Collateral Damage in Race Violence [2002] 23. Sexual Violence is a Question of Whose Honor? [2000] 24. Sexual Abuse and the Uses of Power [2018] 25. Letter to the Police Complaints Authority on an Allegation of Rape against a Police Commissioner [2012] PART FOUR - TOWARDS STRENGTHENING THE MOVEMENT 26. Gender, Race, and Class: A Perspective on the Contemporary Caribbean Struggle [2009] Last Word 27. Walter Rodney’s Last Writing on and for the Guyanese Working People [2010] Afterword: Andaiye and the Caribbean Radical Organizing Tradition - Anthony Bogues Index
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Pluto Press Do I Belong
Book SynopsisA collection of original essays by novelists, journalists and academics exploring belonging and identity in EuropeTrade Review'In today's world, no task is more crucial than the harmonious management of diversity. And none is more arduous. Whoever hopes to address that issue efficiently needs to listen to voices coming from all over the world and from all walks of life. Like the voices gathered in this book' -- Amin Maalouf, author of Disordered World and Balthasar’s Odyssey'Voices like the ones in this book show us the beauty of European diversity and the quest of belonging in a pluralistic society. In times of rising populism and nationalist closure we need to ask questions of how we want us and our children to live in a complex world in order to find answers for the missing link of togetherness.' -- Walter Veltroni, writer, journalist and politician'A necessary and thought-provoking book at a time of dangerous changes in Europe ... these essays are a good remedy against growing fear and hatred' -- Slavenka Drakulić, author of The Balkan Express: Fragments From the Other Side of War and They Would Never Hurt a FlyTable of ContentsForeword by Gertraud Borea d'Olmo Introduction by Antony Lerman 1. Europe’s Problem with Otherness - Zia Haider Rahman 2. When Do You Eat Lunch? - Isolde Charim 3. The Missing Link? Building Solidarity Among Black Europeans - Rob Berkeley 4. From the European Puzzle to a Puzzled Europe - Marion Demossier 5. The Bird’s Religion - eyda Emek 6. The Constructed European - Catherine Fieschi 7. Guilty Pleasure - Lars Ebert 8. A World of Difference - Brian Klug 9. A Never-Ending Story: My Belonging Journey - Viola Raheb 10. The Paris 2015 Attacks and the Eclipse of Senses of Belonging in Europe - Umut Bozkurt 11. Home and Homelessness in Europe - Göran Rosenberg 12. The Undiscovered Continent - Doron Rabinovici 13. Growing Up Under Different Skies - Diana Pinto 14. The Profound and Ambivalent Nature of European Belonging - Montserrat Guibernau 15. Questioning Belonging in the Post-Diasporic Museum - Hanno Loewy 16. The Accidental European - Nira Yuval-Davis 17. Belonging to the Contact Zone - Nora Sternfeld 18. The Unfinished Business of Our Own Belongings - Antony Lerman Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Racism Modernity and Identity On the Western
Book Synopsisaeo This is an original and timely book given the current rise in ethnicised politics. aeo The book is theoretically innovative -- bringing together current developments in sociological theory in relation to ethnic and "race" relations. aeo The book is highly comparative, including material from US, Continental Europe and the UK.Trade Review"[The] strength of this collection is that it does not deliver a reassuring unanimity of opinion." Millennium "[This book] bring[s] together some of the most original and influential writers on racism and changing ethnicities in the context of recent transformations in Europe, the US and other parts of the globe." Sociology "This excellent book is a collection of nine uniformly perceptive essays, and deserves a warm welcome." Political Studies "This book has much to offer. In particular, its attention to the centrality of racism in the construction of western identities and the unpacking of the myths that are integral to the formation of the 'western front' provide a refreshing analysis of contemporary racisms." Patterns of PrejudiceTable of ContentsThe Contributors. Modern Racisms, Racialized Identities: Ali Rattansi and Sallie Westwood. Part I: Racism and "Postmodernity". . 1. 'Western' Racisms, Ethnicities and Identitities in a 'Postmodern' Frame: Ali Rattansi. 2. Exploring Other Zones of the Postmodern: Problems of Ethnocentrism and Difference across the North-South Divide: David Slater. Part II: The Western Front. . 3. Unpacking the West: How European is Europe? Jan Nederveen Pieterse. 4. Egypt in America: Black Athena, Racism and Colonial Discourse: Robert Young. Part III: Racisms and Modernity in Europe. . 5. Racism in Europe: Unity and Diversity: Michel Wieviorka. 6. Explaining Racism in Contemporary Europe: Robert Miles. 7. Universalism and Difference: The Crisis of Anti-Racism in the UK and France: Cathie Lloyd. Part IV: Racialised Identities, Local and Global. . 8. Racism, Mental Illness and the Politics of Identity: Sallie Westwood. 9. Racial Formation and Hegemony: Global and Local Developments: Howard Winant. Index.
£18.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theories of Multiculturalism
Book SynopsisMulticulturalism is one of the most controversial ideas in contemporary politics. In this new book George Crowder examines some of the leading responses to multiculturalism, both supportive and critical, found in the work of recent political theorists. The book provides a clear and accessible introduction to a diverse array of thinkers who have engaged with multiculturalism. These include Will Kymlicka, whose account of cultural rights is seminal, liberal critics of multiculturalism such as Brian Barry and Susan Okin, and multiculturalist critics of liberalism including Charles Taylor, Iris Marion Young, James Tully, and Bhikhu Parekh. In addition the discussion covers a wide range of other perspectives on multiculturalism - libertarian, feminist, democratic, nationalist, cosmopolitan - and rival accounts of Islamic and Confucian political culture. While offering a balanced assessment of these theories, Crowder also argues the case for a distinctive liberal-plurTrade Review"Crowder’s book is an excellent overview of the multicultural literature: it is well written, fair minded and even tempered, and thoughtful. While this book reviews the multicultural literature, Crowder does not shy away from offering his own measured views of the many arguments he appraises. This is a state of the art book." Jeff Spinner-Halev, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Crowder pulls off the difficult task of providing a clear, fair and balanced account of the main approaches to multiculturalism while providing a distinctive liberal–pluralist view of his own. A real tour de force that manages to combine accessibility for the student and originality for the expert." Richard Bellamy, University College London "A magnificent achievement and doubtless will become a key text for some while to come." Bob Stillwell, University of East AngliaTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Universalism, Relativism and Culture2 Liberal Rights to Culture: Kymlicka's Theory3 Liberal Critics of Cultural Rights4 Nationalists and Cosmopolitans5 Beyond Liberalism?6 Democrats7 Value Pluralists8 Global Cultures9 A Liberal-Pluralist ApproachReferencesIndex
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Theories of Multiculturalism
Book SynopsisMulticulturalism is one of the most controversial ideas in contemporary politics. In this new book George Crowder examines some of the leading responses to multiculturalism, both supportive and critical, found in the work of recent political theorists.Trade Review"Crowder’s book is an excellent overview of the multicultural literature: it is well written, fair minded and even tempered, and thoughtful. While this book reviews the multicultural literature, Crowder does not shy away from offering his own measured views of the many arguments he appraises. This is a state of the art book." Jeff Spinner-Halev, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Crowder pulls off the difficult task of providing a clear, fair and balanced account of the main approaches to multiculturalism while providing a distinctive liberal–pluralist view of his own. A real tour de force that manages to combine accessibility for the student and originality for the expert." Richard Bellamy, University College London "A magnificent achievement and doubtless will become a key text for some while to come." Bob Stillwell, University of East AngliaTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1 Universalism, Relativism and Culture2 Liberal Rights to Culture: Kymlicka's Theory3 Liberal Critics of Cultural Rights4 Nationalists and Cosmopolitans5 Beyond Liberalism?6 Democrats7 Value Pluralists8 Global Cultures9 A Liberal-Pluralist ApproachReferencesIndex
£17.09
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Science Racist
Book SynopsisEvery arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races.Trade Review"Jonathan Marks skillfully guides us through the ignominious peaks and ideological nadirs of scientific racism, revealing race as a science fiction with little more empirical credence than creationism. This most accessible book should be read by anyone seeking to understand how science was, and continues to be, used in the service of racism." - Alondra Nelson, Columbia University and author of The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome "With his usual alacrity and insight, Jonathan Marks demonstrates how we (the human sciences) allow, even enable, misguided racial perspectives and racist research. In showing us our history, he provides an important cautionary tale for present and future scientists. This book is a must read for researchers and students alike. History not learned is doomed to be repeated." - Agustín Fuentes, University of Notre Dame"Is Science Racist? [makes] a strong set of claims, and Marks uses numerous examples to support them. […] What can our genome tell us? Less than we may like to think." - Barbara J. King, NPR"This thoughtful contribution to the never-ending debates on race should enlighten both scientists and lay readers about the racism that is latent in so many domains of human activity and inquiry." - Choice"Is Science Racist? is an especially important read for undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology, biology, genetics, psychology, and other human services and behavioural sciences academic fields. Marks eschews scientific jargon and technical language, making this book accessible to a general readership, and he covers a tremendous amount of ground in this brief work. The book is also an essential read for established scholars and practitioners in the aforementioned fields." - Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. How science invented race 3. Science, race, and genomics 4. Racism and biomedical science 5. What we know, and why it matters
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Science Racist
Book SynopsisEvery arena of science has its own flash-point issues chemistry and poison gas, physics and the atom bomb and genetics has had a troubled history with race. As Jonathan Marks reveals, this dangerous relationship rumbles on to this day, still leaving plenty of leeway for a belief in the basic natural inequality of races.Trade Review"Jonathan Marks skillfully guides us through the ignominious peaks and ideological nadirs of scientific racism, revealing race as a science fiction with little more empirical credence than creationism. This most accessible book should be read by anyone seeking to understand how science was, and continues to be, used in the service of racism." Alondra Nelson, Columbia University and author of The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation after the Genome "With his usual alacrity and insight, Jonathan Marks demonstrates how we (the human sciences) allow, even enable, misguided racial perspectives and racist research. In showing us our history, he provides an important cautionary tale for present and future scientists. This book is a must read for researchers and students alike. History not learned is doomed to be repeated." Agustín Fuentes, University of Notre Dame"Is Science Racist? [makes] a strong set of claims, and Marks uses numerous examples to support them. […] What can our genome tell us? Less than we may like to think."Barbara J. King, NPR"This thoughtful contribution to the never-ending debates on race should enlighten both scientists and lay readers about the racism that is latent in so many domains of human activity and inquiry." - Choice"Is Science Racist? is an especially important read for undergraduate and graduate students in anthropology, biology, genetics, psychology, and other human services and behavioural sciences academic fields. Marks eschews scientific jargon and technical language, making this book accessible to a general readership, and he covers a tremendous amount of ground in this brief work. The book is also an essential read for established scholars and practitioners in the aforementioned fields." - Ethnic and Racial StudiesTable of Contents1 Introduction 2 How science invented race 3 Science, race, and genomics 4 Racism and biomedical science 5 What we know, and why it matters
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Multiculturalism Dead
Book SynopsisMulticulturalism is controversial in the liberal state and has frequently been declared dead, even in countries that have never had a policy under that name.Trade Review"With characteristic verve and acumen, Joppke shows, in an illuminating comparison of gay rights in the United States and Muslim accommodation in Europe, that liberal constitutional states protect different (sexual or religious) preferences without having to acknowledge rights of groups. A crucial contribution to one of the most important debates of our times."—Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University "When every politician pours scorn on multiculturalism, you can trust Christian Joppke, the most interesting voice in migration and citizenship studies, who never pulled a punch against group rights, to revive the concept. Did he change his mind? Spoiler: not really. But the result – as always – is endlessly stimulating."—Per Mouritsen, Aarhus UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What is Dead and What is Alive Chapter 1: Multiculturalism: Not One but Many Things Chapter 2: Retreat of Multiculturalism and Civic Integration Chapter 3: Why Multiculturalism is Necessary: Liberal Law and the Empowerment of Gays and Muslims Chapter 4: Multiculturalism v. Antidiscrimination Conclusion: What Remains: A Multiculturalism of the Individual
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Multiculturalism Dead
Book SynopsisMulticulturalism is controversial in the liberal state and has frequently been declared dead, even in countries that have never had a policy under that name.Trade Review"With characteristic verve and acumen, Joppke shows, in an illuminating comparison of gay rights in the United States and Muslim accommodation in Europe, that liberal constitutional states protect different (sexual or religious) preferences without having to acknowledge rights of groups. A crucial contribution to one of the most important debates of our times."—Andreas Wimmer, Columbia University "When every politician pours scorn on multiculturalism, you can trust Christian Joppke, the most interesting voice in migration and citizenship studies, who never pulled a punch against group rights, to revive the concept. Did he change his mind? Spoiler: not really. But the result – as always – is endlessly stimulating."—Per Mouritsen, Aarhus UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: What is Dead and What is Alive Chapter 1: Multiculturalism: Not One but Many Things Chapter 2: Retreat of Multiculturalism and Civic Integration Chapter 3: Why Multiculturalism is Necessary: Liberal Law and the Empowerment of Gays and Muslims Chapter 4: Multiculturalism v. Antidiscrimination Conclusion: What Remains: A Multiculturalism of the Individual
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Is Racism an Environmental Threat
Book SynopsisThe ecological crisis is the most overwhelming to have ever faced humanity and its consequences permeate every domain of life. This trenchant book examines its relation to Islamophobia as the dominant form of racism today, showing how both share roots in domination, colonialism, and the logics of capitalism.Trade Review"In his usual grippingly lucid prose, Ghassan Hage gives us here an insightful critique of the intrinsic connection between racism and speciesism in their most 'ungovernable' contemporary expressions, namely, Islamophobia and the planetary ecological catastrophe. He thereby exposes the politico–metaphysical foundations of Western colonialism alongside with the colonialist – in the broadest and deepest sense – foundations of Western metaphysics, particularly in its capitalist expression with its relentless need of so-called primitive accumulation. By showing, with the help of anthropological classics such as Mauss and Lévy-Bruhl, that our own anthropotechnics of 'generalized domestication' (one of the most innovative concepts of this book) is by no means the only human way of ecologizing – of making ourselves at home in the world – Hage offers us a nuanced, subtle analysis of the metonymic and metaphorical wolves that haunt the obsessive 'mono-realist' project of capitalism, whose glaring failure is now forcing us to pay increased attention to the counter-hegemonic modes of existence (re)emerging through the widening cracks in the ecocidal and racist–colonial nomos of Modernity." —Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, The National Museum of Brazil"[This fine book speaks] to the deep healing in people's relations with each other and with the earth that's needed if we are to meaningfully address the damage being done to both our social and natural environments. [Hage] sheds persuasive light on why action on climate change is stalled at the level of talk, by linking it to racism. To him this signals the (largely white male) elites projecting their fear of loss of power onto the racialized 'other' to avoid coming to terms with their need for power through domination, which underlies the environmental crisis in the first place. […] Anyone interested in helping to break this impasse by better understanding it will find this book invaluable."—Watershed Sentinel"Hage has written a rich and profoundly thought-provoking and original monograph on the intertwining of anti-racism and environmentalism."Politics, Religion & IdeologyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Islamophobia and the becoming-wolf of the Muslim other 2. Islamophobia and the dynamics of ecological and colonial over-exploitaion 3. The elementary structures of generalized domestication Conclusion: Negotiating the wolf
£33.25
John Wiley & Sons The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities
Book SynopsisInvestigating the conditions that shape Chinese Canadian identities from various historical, social, and literary perspectives.Trade Review"Unlike conventional postcolonialist approaches to the issue of migration, which tend to represent the immigrant within the sphere of the host country only as the person in exile, the subject of displacement, or the so-called Other, The Transcultural Streams of Chinese Canadian Identities represents Chinese Canadian immigrants as a socially privileged group in their home country despite their marginalization in Canada." Leilei Chen, University of Alberta
£26.59
McGill-Queen's University Press From Righteousness to Far Right
Book SynopsisAn innovative ethnography of refugee resettlement in Sweden.Trade Review"Through a compelling analysis, Mc Cluskey demonstrates how central the day-to-day practices of everyday people are to understanding the emergence of big phenomena like the global rise of the far right, moving away from a focus on ideology or high politics." E-International Relations"This book provides a basic introduction to the field of critical security studies and would be a great text for individuals who are new to the Scandinavian region and the world of Far Right language." H-Net
£27.90
University of British Columbia Press Multiculturalism and the Foundations of
Book SynopsisTheories of liberal multiculturalism seek to reconcile cultural rights with universal liberal principles. Some focus on individual autonomy; others emphasize communal identity. Andrew Robinson argues that liberal multiculturalism can be justified without privileging either ...Trade Review"An important and original work on a pressing and difficult issue. Robinson cuts through the standard terms of the "liberal-multiculturalism" debate and reconfigures them in a way that will fundamentally change the debate. His book is like a breath of fresh air on the subject. - Don Carmichael, co-author of Democracy, Rights and Well-Being in Canada"Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part 1: Inspecting the Foundations 1 Why Return to Foundational Assumptions? Part 2: The Foundations of Meaningful Life 2 Meaningful Life and the Conception of the Person 3 Justifying Cultural Accommodation: Identification, Communities,and Contexts of Value 4 Situated Autonomy and Socialization Part 3: A Politics of Liberal Multiculturalism 5 Defining Communities and Justifying Accommodation 6 Designing Cultural Accommodation 7 State-Community Relations Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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University of British Columbia Press Multicultural Education Policies in Canada and
Book SynopsisThis volume compares and contrasts foundational myths and highlights the sociopolitical contexts that affect the conditions of citizenship, access to education, and inclusion of diverse cultural knowledge in educational systems.Trade ReviewThe book offers a bracing critique of much of what passes for multicultural policy in both countries, and the authors ground their critique very effectively in carefully delineated historical contexts. […] This book should prove invaluable in introducing graduate students to big-picture thinking about the complexities of multicultural polices, and will be valuable both to academics and school administrators as a useful antidote to technocratic policymaking which seeks to pursue multicultural policies in an ahistorical and decontextualised manner. -- Michael O’Loughlin, Adelphi University * Journal of Educational Administration and History, Vol.41, No.1 *This volume is an invaluable resource for educators, policy developers, scholars and activists in the fields of equality and diversity. * CAUT Bulletin, Vol.56, No.2 *Through comparative multicultural education policy analyses, Joshee and Johnson offer in this insightful book, a reflexive and provocative opportunity for us to engage critically in the discussion. After reading this book, we have a better understanding of how multicultural education policies and racist practices in educational institutions and society in Canada and the US have historically become a strong and invisible barrier to minority groups in these countries. […] I recommend this book not only to Canadian and American educators, but to every person concerned about racism and social justice everywhere. In these times of neoliberal globalization, it is crucial to have the option of more informative, critical and inspiring books such as Joshee and Johnson’s. -- Ranilce Guimaraes-Iosif, University of Alberta * Journal of Contemporary Issues in Education, 3 (2) *Table of ContentsForeword / Charles UngerleiderAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Cross-Border Dialogue and Multicultural Policy Webs / Lauri Johnson and Reva JosheePart 1: Historical Context1 Past Crossings: US Influences on the Development of Canadian Multicultural Education Policy / Reva Joshee and Susan Winton2 Diversity Policies in American Schools: A Legacy of Progressive School Leadership and Community Activism / Lauri Johnson3 We Are Already Multicultural: Why Policy and Leadership Matter / Yoon K. PakPart 2: First Nations and American Indian Education4 First Nations Education Policy in Canada: Building Capacity for Change and Control / Jan Hare5 Policy Issues in the Education of American Indians and Alaska Natives / John W. Tippeconnic III and Sabrina Redwing Saunders6 What We Know about Native Participation in Higher Education / Augustine McCafferyPart 3: Immigrant and Language Education7 Canadian Policies on Immigrant Language Education / Tracey M. Derwing and Murray J. Munro8 Language Education in the Conflicted United States / Carlos J. Ovando and Terrence G. Wiley9 A Critical Examination of Language Policies and Practices in Canada and the United States / Karen M. GourdPart 4: Race-Based Policies10 Race-Based Policies in Canada: Education and Social Context / Adrienne S. Chan11 Education, American Style: Race-Based School Policies and Practices in the United States / Christopher M. Span, Rashid V. Robinson, and Trinidad Molina Villegas12 Canadian and American Race-Based Education Policies / Njoki Nathani WanePart 5: Employment Equity and Affirmative Action13 Canada’s Employment Equity Act: Perspectives on Policy and Implementation / Carol Agocs14 Critical Race Theory and Interest Convergence in the Backlash against Affirmative Action: Washington State and Initiative 200 / Edward Taylor15 Dialogue across Borders on Employment Equity/Affirmative Action / Michelle GoldbergPart 6: Extending the Dialogue16 Institutional Racism in Education Policy and Practice: A View from England / David Gillborn17 Multicultural Policies and Practices in North America: A Dialogue with the View from England / Catherine Cornbleth, Rinaldo Walcott, Carlos J. Ovando, and Terezia ZoricContributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Reshaping the University
Book SynopsisProvides a comparative indigenous and postcolonial critique of the modern university. This work argues that the future of the university depends on its openness to indigenous epistemes, which have thus far been excluded by various mechanisms of epistemic ignorance.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroduction1 The Gift2 From Cultural Conflicts to Epistemic Ignorance3 The Question of Speaking and the Impossibility of the Gift4 Knowing the “Other” and “Learning to Learn”5 Hospitality and the Logic of the Gift in the AcademyConclusionAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of British Columbia Press The Perils of Identity Group Rights and the
Book SynopsisCaroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1 Gender Discrimination within First Nations: The History and Nature of the Sawridge Dispute2 Group Rights and the Politics of Identity3 Taylor’s Theory of Identity Recognition4 Kymlicka’s Cultural Theory of Minority Rights5 Eisenberg’s Theory of Identity-Related Interests6 Culture, Identity, and the Constitutional Rights of Aboriginal Peoples7 The Politics of Intragroup Difference8 Sawridge RevisitedConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£78.30
University of British Columbia Press The Perils of Identity
Book SynopsisCaroline Dick asks how group identity claims, especially in the courts, obscure significant intragroup differences.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1 Gender Discrimination within First Nations: The History and Nature of the Sawridge Dispute2 Group Rights and the Politics of Identity3 Taylor’s Theory of Identity Recognition4 Kymlicka’s Cultural Theory of Minority Rights5 Eisenberg’s Theory of Identity-Related Interests6 Culture, Identity, and the Constitutional Rights of Aboriginal Peoples7 The Politics of Intragroup Difference8 Sawridge RevisitedConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.39
University of British Columbia Press Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China
Book SynopsisAs China rose to its position of global superpower, Chinese groups in the West watched with anticipation and trepidation. For members of China's diasporic community, the rise of China created ripples of change, influencing communities, culture, and communication, and even challenging the very concept of diaspora. Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China examines how artists, writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals from the Chinese diaspora responded to China's ascendancy by representing it to global audiences with a new-found vitality and self-assurance. The chapters, often personal in nature, cover locations as varied as Australia, North America, and Tibet. And yet, the focus of each is the nexus between the political and economic rise of China and the cultural products this period produced, a place where new ideas of nation, identity, and diaspora were forged.Table of Contents1 China Rising: A View and Review of China’s Diasporas since the 1980s / Julia Kuehn, Kam Louie, and David M. Pomfret2 No Longer Chinese? Residual Chineseness after the Rise of China / Ien Ang3 Twenty-Three Years in Migration, 1989-2012: A Writer’s View and Review / Ouyang Yu4 Globe-Trotting Chinese Masculinity: Wealthy, Worldly, and Worthy / Kam Louie5 Textual and Other Oxymorons: Sino-Anglophone Writing of War and Peace in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Fifth Book of Peace / Shirley Geok-lin Lim6 The Autoethnographic Impulse: Two New Zealand Chinese Playwrights / Hilary Chung7 The Provocation of Dim Sum; or, Making Diaspora Visible on Film / Rey Chow8 Performing Bodies, Translated Histories: Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, Transnational Cinema, and Chinese Diasporas / Cristina Demaria9 Dancing in the Diaspora: “Cultural Long-Distance Nationalism” and the Staging of Chineseness by San Francisco’s Chinese Folk Dance Association / Sau-ling C. Wong10 Tyranny of Taste: Chinese Aesthetics in Australia and on the World Stage / Yiyan Wang11 Reconfiguring the Chinese Diaspora through the Eyes of Ethnic Minorities / Kwai-Cheung LoNotes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China
Book SynopsisAs China rose to its position of global superpower, Chinese groups in the West watched with anticipation and trepidation. For members of China's diasporic community, the rise of China created ripples of change, influencing communities, culture, and communication, and even challenging the very concept of diaspora. Diasporic Chineseness after the Rise of China examines how artists, writers, filmmakers, and intellectuals from the Chinese diaspora responded to China's ascendancy by representing it to global audiences with a new-found vitality and self-assurance. The chapters, often personal in nature, cover locations as varied as Australia, North America, and Tibet. And yet, the focus of each is the nexus between the political and economic rise of China and the cultural products this period produced, a place where new ideas of nation, identity, and diaspora were forged.Table of Contents1 China Rising: A View and Review of China’s Diasporas since the 1980s / Julia Kuehn, Kam Louie, and David M. Pomfret2 No Longer Chinese? Residual Chineseness after the Rise of China / Ien Ang3 Twenty-Three Years in Migration, 1989-2012: A Writer’s View and Review / Ouyang Yu4 Globe-Trotting Chinese Masculinity: Wealthy, Worldly, and Worthy / Kam Louie5 Textual and Other Oxymorons: Sino-Anglophone Writing of War and Peace in Maxine Hong Kingston’s Fifth Book of Peace / Shirley Geok-lin Lim6 The Autoethnographic Impulse: Two New Zealand Chinese Playwrights / Hilary Chung7 The Provocation of Dim Sum; or, Making Diaspora Visible on Film / Rey Chow8 Performing Bodies, Translated Histories: Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, Transnational Cinema, and Chinese Diasporas / Cristina Demaria9 Dancing in the Diaspora: “Cultural Long-Distance Nationalism” and the Staging of Chineseness by San Francisco’s Chinese Folk Dance Association / Sau-ling C. Wong10 Tyranny of Taste: Chinese Aesthetics in Australia and on the World Stage / Yiyan Wang11 Reconfiguring the Chinese Diaspora through the Eyes of Ethnic Minorities / Kwai-Cheung LoNotes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Mission Invisible
Book SynopsisBy unravelling the discourse and rhetoric of news coverage in Canada at the dawn of the 9/11 era, this book not only uncovers racist representations of Muslim communities but also reveals the discursive processes that rendered this racism invisible.Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Mission Visible?RationaleWhy 9/11 and Canada?Why Racism?Why Muslims?Why The Gazette?Overview1 Mission RecognitionThe EventThe MediumThe MomentThe MessageThe MethodThe Procedure2 Mission AmbitionImpact of the MediaJournalists’ Agendas3 Mission DecisionThe Rhetoric of RacismThe Discourse of RacismThe Discourse of Anti-Racism4 Mission OppressionThe Discourses of GriefThe Discourses of Justification for WarThe Discourses of Readying for WarThe Discourses of Orientalism5 Mission PerceptionShock and DisbeliefDenialBlamelessnessAngerPersonal SafetyRevengeRacial ProfilingFear and Moral PanicAcceptanceImpact on Quebecers6 Mission OppositionDescriptive Analysis of Muslims’ VoicesDiscursive Themes of Muslims’ VoicesThe Discourse of the “Good” Muslim7 Mission PositionWritings on Leaders’ VoicesWritings on White Victims’ VoicesWritings on Muslims’ Voices8 Mission EnvisionRepresentations of Leaders’ VoicesRepresentations of White Victims’ VoicesRepresentations of Muslims’ Voices9 Mission CompletionThe Journalistic Process in ContextNewsgathering PracticesThe Effects of the MessagesThe Anti-Terrorism ActRacial Profiling10 Mission ConditionThe Gazette: Success or Failure?White ReadershipMuslim ReadershipJournalistic LeadershipConclusion: Mission Invisible!Why Invisible?Correcting VisionHindsight 20/20Notes; References; Index
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University of British Columbia Press Mixed Race Amnesia
Book SynopsisMixed Race Amnesia explores how contemporary “progressive” attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Disentangling Our Curious Affection with Multiraciality1 Mixed Race Mythologies: Toward an Anticolonial Mixed Race Studies2 Mixed Race Narcissism? Thoughts on the Interview Experience3 The Model Multiracial: Propping Up Canadian Multiculturalism through Racial Impotency4 Beyond the Passing Narrative: Multiracial Whiteness5 Mongrels, Interpreters, Ambassadors, and Bridges? Mapping Liberal Affinities among Mixed Race Women6 Mixed Race Scanners: Performing Race7 Present Tense: The Future of Critical Mixed Race StudiesReferencesIndex
£73.80
University of British Columbia Press Mixed Race Amnesia
Book SynopsisMixed Race Amnesia explores how contemporary “progressive” attitudes toward multiraciality actually serve to obscure complex diasporic family histories while reinforcing colonialism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Disentangling Our Curious Affection with Multiraciality1 Mixed Race Mythologies: Toward an Anticolonial Mixed Race Studies2 Mixed Race Narcissism? Thoughts on the Interview Experience3 The Model Multiracial: Propping Up Canadian Multiculturalism through Racial Impotency4 Beyond the Passing Narrative: Multiracial Whiteness5 Mongrels, Interpreters, Ambassadors, and Bridges? Mapping Liberal Affinities among Mixed Race Women6 Mixed Race Scanners: Performing Race7 Present Tense: The Future of Critical Mixed Race StudiesReferencesIndex
£25.19
