Talking about Race Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference

Name: Talking about Race Community Dialogues and the Politics of Difference
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ISBN: 9780226869070

ISBN-10: 0226869075

ISBN-13: 9780226869070

Edition: 2007

Authors: Katherine Cramer Walsh

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It is a perennial question: how should Americans deal with racial and ethnic diversity? More than 400 communities across the country have attempted to answer it by organizing discussions among diverse volunteers in an attempt to improve race relations. InTalking about Race, Katherine Cramer Walsh takes an eye-opening look at this strategy to reveal the reasons behind the method and the effects it has in the cities and towns that undertake it. With extensive observations of community dialogues, interviews with the discussants, and sophisticated analysis of national data, Walsh shows that while meeting organizers usually aim to establish common ground, participants tend to leave their…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 317
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface ix



Race, Dialogue, and the Practice of Community Life



Unity and Difference in Civic Life



Public Talk That Aims to Listen to Difference



The Community Choice to Pursue Interracial Dialogue



Choosing the Action of Talk



Negotiating Unity and Difference



Scrutinizing and Listening to Stories



Authority and Legitimacy in Dialogue



Public Officials and Residents in Dialogue



Beyond Romance and Demons Methods


Appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index