Majority-Minority Relations

Name: Majority-Minority Relations
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ISBN: 9780205645374

ISBN-10: 0205645372

ISBN-13: 9780205645374

Edition: 6th 2010

Authors: John E. Farley

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This book is designed to develop students'understanding of the principles and processes that shape the patterns of relations between racial, ethnic, and other groups in society. A wide variety of information is provided about a number of such groups with an emphasis on the relationships between dominant (majority) and subordinate (minority) racial and ethnic groups in the United States and abroad. Organized in atopic by topic approach, this book provides a more integrated sociological look at Majority-Minority relations.Affirmative action; welfare reform; whiteness as a racial identity; African-American perspectives; race/ethnicity in our schools; wage and labor laws; the war on drugs;…

Book details

List price: $140.00
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 7/15/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 600
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.058

John E. Farley is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville




Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts



Social-Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations



Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes



Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?



Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models



The Historical Roots of Todayrsquo;s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations



Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality



Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States



Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society



Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism



Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations



Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination



The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today



The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America



Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America



The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations



Education and American Minority Groups



Current and Future Issues in Majority-Minority Relations



Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations



Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class