Minority Studies category: 588 books
Order and Discipline in China
The Shanghai Mixed Court 1911-1927
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
China�s traditional system of dispute resolution and maintenance of order in society has been treated by Western scholars as legal history, but because the Chinese system is radically different from European systems in its conceptual structure and therefore does not fit into the familiar categories...
Le parole per crescere tuo figlio
Il futuro di chi ami è in ciò che dici adesso
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Trovarsi in disaccordo con altre persone è piuttosto normale e capita quasi ogni giorno. Quando i contrasti nascono in famiglia, è possibile gestirli in modo sereno ed educativo e trovare anche in questi momenti una buona occasione di crescita per te e tuo figlio.
Dal mio punto di vista di...
Mainstream and Margins
Jews, Blacks and Other Americans
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
This volume of commentaries on racial and ethnic relations is a sociological assessment of a changing society and a personal statement about many of the most pressing racial issues since the 1954 Brown-Supreme court decision. From the perspective of humanistic sociology, Peter Rose shows that sociology...
by Dianne Williams
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In addition to information on crime and incarceration rates, White-collar crime, and the typical criminal, the discussion of minorities and public perceptions is set within a broader context including the issues of terrorism and human trafficking, where race and ethnicity are also vital to public...
Residential Segregation in Comparative Perspective
Making Sense of Contextual Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
We know very little about variations in urban class and ethnic segregation among nations and even less about differences among cities in different regions of the world. Spatial organization (places and neighbourhoods) matters significantly in some cities in reproducing class relations and ethno-racial...
Religion, Identity and Politics
Germany and Turkey in Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2013
German–Turkish relations, which have a long history and generally unrecognized depth, have rarely been examined as mutually formative processes. Isolated instances of influence have been examined in detail, but the historical and still ongoing processes of mutual interaction have rarely been seriously...
Il Coraggio di essere giovani
Discorsi e dialoghi
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Papa Francesco parla ai giovani immersi nella grande crisi globale, che è il frutto avvelenato di quella «cultura dello scarto» denunciata instancabilmente fin dall'inizio del suo pontificato. Assieme ad anziani e bambini, i giovani sono le grandi vittime della mentalità che in nome del profitto...
No Problem Here
Understanding Racism in Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Does Scotland have a problem with racism?
With its 'civic nationalism' and 'welcoming' attitude towards migrants and refugees, Scotland is understood to be relatively free of structural and institutional racism. As the contributors to this book show, such generalisations fail to withstand serious...
Whitewashing the South
White Memories of Segregation and Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Whitewashing the South is a powerful exploration of how white southerners recall the civil rights era, overlooking many of the realities of the day to present a sunnier version of the past. Filled with dynamic interview excerpts, author Kristen Lavelle uncovers uncomfortable memories of our racial past while treating her interview subjects with sensitivity.
by Stephan Lanz, Stefano Allievi, Tina Gudrun Jensen
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
European Multiculturalism Revisited analyses the alleged crises of the main ‘models’ of multicultural societies experienced by Europe since the end of World War II, based on research conducted by local scholars in the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Italy, France and Germany. Each chapter provides...
New Migration Realities
Inclusive Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Immigration to the UK has been growing in recent years, reaching its highest level on record in 2016. As the figures have increased, so have popular concerns about pressure on public services and the impact on British identity and social cohesion. The Brexit vote highlighted more than ever before...
To Be An American
Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1997
The impetus behind California's Proposition 187 clearly reflects the growing anti-immigrant sentiment in this country. Many Americans regard today's new immigrants as not truly American, as somehow less committed to the ideals on which the country was founded. In clear, precise terms, Bill Ong Hing...
The Immigrant Other
Lived Experiences in a Transnational World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
The immigrants profiled in The Immigrant Other shed light on a system designed to dehumanize and disenfranchise them, and they describe the difficulty of finding shelter in an increasingly globalized and unsympathetic world. They include Muslims facing discrimination from both the "War on Terror"...
by Celia Sorhaindo
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018
What happens when people return to the land of their birth after decades away? The migrants' journey is a well-told story but much less is known about those who return. Why do they go back? What is it like to be back home? Home Again is a collection of contemporary real-life stories by men and women...