Majority-Minority Relations Census Update (2-downloads)

<div text-align="left"> </div> <p style="margin:0px;">IN THIS SECTION:</p> <p style="margin:0px;">1.) BRIEF</p> <p style="margin:0px;">2.) COMPREHENSIVE</p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;"> </p> <hr> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px;"><u>BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:<br></u></p> <p style="margin:0px;">Chapter 1: Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px;">Part I: Social-Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations<br>Chapter 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 3: Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 4: Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px;">Part II: The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations<br>Chapter 5: Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 6: Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 7: Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society <br>Chapter 8: Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism <br>Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations </p> <p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px;">Part III: Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination<br>Chapter 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 11: The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 13: The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 14: Education and American Minority Groups&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p style="margin:0px;">&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin:0px;">Part IV: Current and Future Issues in Majority-Minority Relations<br>Chapter 15: Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>Chapter 16: Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class&nbsp;&nbsp; <br></p> <p style="margin:0px;"></p> <div> <hr> </div> <div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <u>COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:</u> </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> Chapter 1: Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts </div> </div> <div> Why Study Race and Ethnic Relations? </div> <div> Emphasis and Approach of This Book </div> <div> Basic Terms and Concepts </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> <u>Part I: Social Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations</u> </div> <div> <br> Chapter 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes </div> <div> What Is Prejudice? </div> <div> Forms of Prejudice </div> <div> Stereotypes </div> <div> Causes of Prejudice </div> <div> Theories About Personality and Prejudice </div> <div> Social Learning and Symbolic Interactionist Theories of Prejudice </div> <div> Socioeconomic Status and Prejudice </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 3: Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important? </div> <div> Reducing Prejudice: Some Principles and Approaches </div> <div> How Important Is Prejudice? </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 4: Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models </div> <div> Sociological Versus Social-Psychological Approaches to Majority-Minority Relations <br>Perspectives in Sociology </div> <div> Order and Conflict: Two Sociological Perspectives </div> <div> The Social-Structural Perspectives and Social Problems </div> <div> The Social-Structural Perspectives and Majority-Minority Relations </div> <div> An Illustration of the Debate: Culture of Poverty Theory and African American Families </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> <u>Part II: The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations</u> </div> <div> <br> Chapter 5: Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality </div> <div> Patterns of Race and Ethnic Relations </div> <div> The Development of Ethnic Stratification </div> <div> Origins of Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the United States </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 6: Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States </div> <div> Origins of Contact and Modern-Day Race Relations: A Theory of Internal Colonialism </div> <div> Evolving Patterns of Black-White Race Relations </div> <div> Rigid Competitive Race Relations and Other Racial and Ethnic Groups </div> <div> A Shift to Fluid Competitive Race Relations: America Since World War II </div> <div> Factors Causing the Changes: The Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 7: Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society </div> <div> Adaptive Responses </div> <div> Change-Oriented Responses </div> <div> A Shift Toward Change-Oriented Responses </div> <div> The Rising Tide of Protest </div> <div> Necessary Conditions for Social Movements </div> <div> Development of These Conditions and the Formation of Minority Social Movements in the United States After World War II </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Term </div> <div> <br> Chapter 8: Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism </div> <div> Changing Goals for Minority Group Movements </div> <div> Three Ideal Models of Intergroup Relations </div> <div> Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism in American Society </div> <div> Changing Attitudes Toward Assimilation and Pluralism </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations </div> <div> Cross-Cultural Evidence on the Effects of Colonization </div> <div> Societies with Peaceful Intergroup Relations </div> <div> Cross-Cultural Evidence on the Effects of Urbanization and Modernization </div> <div> Combined Effects of Colonialism and Degree of Modernization </div> <div> Number of Racial and Ethnic Groups </div> <div> Cultural and Demographic Characteristics of Majority and Minority Groups: Brazil and Mexico </div> <div> Overlapping Versus Crosscutting Cleavages </div> <div> Territorial Ethnic Base </div> <div> Language </div> <div> International Relationships <br>Racial Versus Ethnic Divisions </div> <div> International Pressure </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> <div> <u>Part III: Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination<br></u>&nbsp; </div> Chapter 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today </div> <div> Major Racial and Ethnic Groups: Overview and General Statistics </div> <div> Status of Minority Groups in America Today </div> <div> The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class Inequality </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 11: The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America </div> <div> Wealth and Race: Asset Ownership in America Today <br>The Economics of Discrimination: Three Theories <br>Recent Trends and Their Effects on Economic Inequality </div> <div> The Fiscal Troubles of Cities and Their Impact on Minorities </div> <div> Health Care and Minorities </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America </div> <div> Housing Discrimination and Segregation <br>Housing Segregation Between Blacks and Whites </div> <div> Causes of Continuing Black-White Segregation </div> <div> Housing Segregation Among Latinos/as, Asian Americans, and Native Americans </div> <div> Discrimination in Home Finance and Insurance </div> <div> Impacts of Segregation </div> <div> Race, Segregation, and Hurricane Katrina </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 13: The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations </div> <div> Government in America: Agent of Minority Oppression or Protector of Minority Rights? </div> <div> The American Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 14: Education and American Minority Groups </div> <div> A Brief History of School Segregation Since 1954 </div> <div> The Role of Education: Two Views </div> <div> Funding of Schools </div> <div> Cultural and Behavioral Factors in the Education of Minorities </div> <div> Teachers’ Expectations and Tracking </div> <div> Linguistic Issues and the Bilingual Education Debate </div> <div> Test Bias and The Standardized Testing Debate </div> <div> Lack of Minority Role Models </div> <div> Racial Bias in the Educational System: An Evaluation </div> <div> Resolving Problems of Majority-Minority Inequality in Education: Four Approaches </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> <u>Part IV: Values, Goals, and Issues of the Present and Future in Majority-Minority Relations</u> </div> <div> <br> Chapter 15: Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations </div> <div> Diversity and Multiculturalism in Work and Education <br>Hate Group Activity and Hate Crime <br>Combating Hatred on Campus: Debates and Issues </div> <div> The Discrimination-Testing Movement </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> <br> Chapter 16: Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class </div> <div> Affirmative Action <br>The Relative Importance of Race and Class in American Society </div> <div> Immigration Policy </div> <div> Summary and Conclusion </div> <div> Critical Review Questions </div> <div> Key Terms </div> <div> &nbsp; </div> <div> <div> Glossary </div> <div> References </div> <div> Photo Credits </div> <div> Name Index </div> <div> Subject Index </div> </div>