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Race and Ethnic Relations American and Global Perspectives

by: Marger, Martin N.

Race and Ethnic Relations American and Global Perspectives

by: Marger, Martin N.

ISBN 13:
9780495003687
ISBN 10:
0495003689
Edition: 7th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 08/03/2005
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

This text explores race and ethnic relations in a global context, while extensively covering groups and issues in the United States. The text's unique comparative approach is increasingly important and relevant in light of the growing ethnic diversity in a variety of societies as well as the prominence of ethnic conflicts throughout the world. This text offers instructors an opportunity to introduce comparative content in their courses while not sacrificing an American focus.

Preface

xii

PART I: THE NATURE OF ETHNIC RELATIONS

Chapter 1: Introduction: Some Basic Concepts

(30)

Race and Ethnic Relations

(2)

Basic Questions

(1)

A Comparative Approach

(1)

Ethnic Groups

(6)

Characteristics of Ethnic Groups

(5)

Ethnicity as a Variable

(1)

Race

(8)

Race as a Biological Notion

(4)

The Social Construction of Race

(2)

Race and Ethnicity: A Synthesis

(1)

Racism

(8)

The Ideology of Racism

(2)

The Functions of Racism

(1)

The Development of Racism

(2)

Racism in Modern Thought

(2)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

Chapter 2: Ethnic Stratification: Power and Inequality

(27)

Stratification Systems

(3)

Power and Stratification

(1)

Stratification and Ideology

(2)

Ethnic Stratification Systems

(9)

Minority Groups

(2)

Types of Minorities

(1)

Ethnic

Minorities

(1)

Dominant Groups

(3)

Middleman Minorities

(1)

The Relativity of Dominant and Minority Status

(1)

The Origins of Ethnic Stratification

(6)

Forms of Contact

(2)

Outcomes of Contact

(2)

Ethnic Strata: Clarity and Mobility

(2)

Minority Responses to Subordination

(2)

Pluralistic Minorities

(1)

Assimilationist Minorities

(1)

Secessionist Minorities

(1)

Militant Minorities

(1)

The Relationship between Social Class and Ethnicity

(5)

Ethnicity and Societal Power

(1)

Class and Ethnicity Reconsidered

(2)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

Chapter 3: Techniques of Dominance: Prejudice and Discrimination

(37)

Prejudice

(10)

Stereotypes

(7)

Social Distance

(2)

Discrimination

(5)

Individual Discrimination

(1)

Institutional Discrimination

(2)

Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination

(18)

Psychological Theories

(3)

Normative Theories

(7)

Power-Conflict Theories

(7)

Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination: An Assessment

(1)

Summary

(1)

Suggested Readings

(2)

Chapter 4: Patterns of Ethnic Relations: Assimilation and Pluralism

(36)

Conflict and Order

(3)

Varieties of Ethnic Conflict

(1)

Theoretical Models of Ethnic Relations

100

(1)

Assimilation

101

(12)

Dimensions of Assimilation

102

(4)

Two Theories of Assimilation

106

(3)

Factors Affecting Assimilation

109

(2)

Assimilation as Public Policy

111

(2)

Segmented Assimilation

113

(1)

Pluralism

113

(9)

Equalitarian Pluralism

114

(4)

Inequalitarian Pluralism

118

(4)

The Variability of Ethnic Relations

122

(3)

A Typology of Multiethnic Societies

125

(3)

Colonial Societies

125

(2)

Corporate Pluralistic Societies

127

(1)

Assimilationist Societies

127

(1)

Summary

128

(1)

Suggested Readings

129

(5)

PART II: ETHNICITY IN THE UNITED STATES

Chapter 5: Foundations of the American Ethnic Hierarchy

134

(34)

Establishment of Anglo Dominance

135

(4)

Creation of the Dominant Ethnic Culture

136

(3)

European Immigration

139

(10)

The "Old Immigration": The First Great Wave

140

(4)

The "New Immigration": The Second Great Wave

144

(5)

The Newest Immigration

149

(11)

Characteristics of the Newest Immigration

151

(5)

Middle Eastern Americans

156

(3)

Contemporary Immigration as a Global Phenomenon

159

(1)

The American Ethnic Configuration

160

(5)

"Official" Racial and Ethnic Classification

161

(3)

The American Ethnic Hierarchy Today

164

(1)

Summary

165

(1)

Suggested Readings

166

(2)

Chapter 6: Native Americans

168

(27)

Conquest and Adaptation

169

(12)

European Contact

169

(1)

Displacement and Depopulation

170

(2)

Government Policies and American Indians

172

(7)

American Indian Demographics Today

179

(2)

American Indians in the Class System

181

(6)

Socioeconomic Status

181

(4)

Recent Economic Projects

185

(2)

Prejudice and Discrimination

187

(3)

Stereotyping

187

(3)

Assimilation and American Indians

190

(3)

Cultural Assimilation

190

(1)

Structural Assimilation

191

(2)

Summary

193

(1)

Suggested Readings

194

(1)

Chapter 7: Italian Americans

195

(24)

Immigration and Settlement

196

(3)

Urban Adjustment

198

(1)

The Italian American Population Today

199

(1)

Italian Americans in the Class System

199

(6)

Socioeconomic Status

200

(2)

Political and Economic Power

202

(3)

Prejudice and Discrimination

205

(5)

Images and Attitudes

206

(2)

The Durability of Italian Stereotypes

208

(1)

Prejudice and Discrimination Today

209

(1)

Assimilation among Italian Americans

210

(7)

Cultural Assimilation

211

(1)

Structural Assimilation

212

(2)

The Future of Ethnicity among Italian Americans and Other White Ethnics

214

(3)

Summary

217

(1)

Suggested Readings

218

(1)

Chapter 8: Jewish Americans

219

(30)

Immigration and Settlement

220

(5)

Immigration Patterns

220

(3)

Jewish Demography Today

223

(2)

Jewish Americans in the Class System

225

(8)

Ethnic and Class Factors in Upward Mobility

226

(5)

Political and Economic Power

231

(2)

Prejudice and Discrimination

233

(8)

The Elements of Anti-Semitism

233

(2)

Anti-Semitism in the United States

235

(6)

Assimilation Patterns of Jewish Americans

241

(6)

Cultural Assimilation

241

(1)

Structural Assimilation

242

(2)

The Range of Assimilation

244

(1)

The Future of Ethnicity among Jewish Americans

244

(3)

Summary

247

(1)

Suggested Readings

247

(2)

Chapter 9: African Americans

249

(54)

Development of the Black Minority

250

(19)

Slavery: Paternalistic Domination

250

(6)

Racial Caste: The Jim Crow Era

256

(4)

Fluid Competition: The Modern Era

260

(6)

Black Demography Today

266

(3)

African Americans in the Class System

269

(12)

The Economic Status of African Americans

269

(9)

African Americans and Societal Power

278

(3)

Prejudice and Discrimination

281

(13)

Changes in Patterns of Discrimination

282

(6)

Changes in Racial Attitudes

288

(6)

African Americans: Assimilation or Pluralism?

294

(6)

Cultural Assimilation

295

(1)

Structural Assimilation

295

(1)

Assimilation: African Americans and Other Ethnic Groups

296

(4)

Summary

300

(1)

Suggested Readings

301

(2)

Chapter 10: Hispanic Americans

303

(39)

The "In-Between" Status of Hispanics

304

(2)

Manner of Entry

304

(1)

Hispanic Americans and Race

305

(1)

The Development of the Latino Minority

306

(11)

Mexican Americans

306

(5)

Puerto Ricans in the United States

311

(1)

Cubans in the United States

312

(1)

Hispanic American Demographics Today

313

(4)

Latinos in the Class System

317

(9)

Socioeconomic Status

317

(5)

Latinos and Political Power

322

(4)

Prejudice and Discrimination

326

(6)

Hispanic Stereotypes

326

(4)

Discriminatory Actions

330

(2)

Hispanic American Assimilation

332

(7)

Patterns of Assimilation

333

(4)

Internal Colonialism and Hispanic Americans

337

(2)

Assimilation versus Pluralism: The Future

339

(1)

Summary

339

(1)

Suggested Readings

340

(2)

Chapter 11: Asian Americans

342

(37)

Immigration and Settlement

343

(10)

The First Wave

343

(2)

The Second Wave

345

(6)

Asian American Demographics Today

351

(2)

Asian Americans in the Class System

353

(14)

Socioeconomic Status

353

(5)

Ethnic and Class Factors in Upward Mobility

358

(3)

Asian Americans and Political Power

361

(1)

Prejudice and Discrimination

362

(1)

The Anti-Asian Heritage

363

(4)

Prejudice and Discrimination

in the Modern Era

367

(3)

Asian Americans as a "Model Minority"

370

(2)

Assimilation among Asian Americans

372

(4)

Chinese and Japanese Patterns

372

(2)

The Future Path of Asian American Assimilation

374

(2)

Summary

376

(1)

Suggested Readings

377

(2)

Chapter 12: Current and Future Issues of Race and Ethnicity in the United States

379

(31)

The Continuing Gap between Euro-Americans and Racial-Ethnic Minorities

380

(10)

Compensatory Policies

381

(1)

Affirmative Action: The Debate

382

(2)

The Legal Issues of Affirmative Action

384

(3)

The Politics of Affirmative Action

387

(2)

The Future of Affirmative Action

389

(1)

Issues of the Newest Immigration

390

(9)

Economic Issues

390

(3)

Social and Cultural Issues

393

(3)

Issues of Immigrant Adaptation and Integration

396

(2)

A Revitalized Nativism?

398

(1)

Cultural Assimilation or Pluralism? Competing Goals

399

(5)

Multiculturalism: The New Pluralism

400

(2)

Looking Ahead

402

(2)

Summary

404

(1)

Suggested Readings

405

(5)

PART III: ETHNIC RELATIONS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Chapter 13: South Africa: Society in Transition

410

(33)

The Development of Ethnic Inequality

411

(5)

White Settlement

411

(2)

The British Entrance

413

(2)

The Nationalist Ascendancy

415

(1)

Ethnic Stratification

416

(6)

The Whites

417

(2)

The Coloureds

419

(1)

The Asians

420

(1)

The Africans

421

(1)

Prejudice and Discrimination

422

(10)

The Dynamics of Apartheid

422

(4)

Apartheid and Economic Inequality

426

(2)

Enforcement of Apartheid: Coercion

428

(1)

Socialization to Apartheid: Ideology

429

(3)

Forces of Change: Building a New Society

432

(7)

Changes in the Political System

432

(2)

Looking Beyond

434

(5)

Summary

439

(2)

Suggested Readings

441

(2)

Chapter 14: Brazil: Ethnic Paradise?

443

(36)

Major Features of Brazilian Society

444

(1)

Development of the Brazilian Ethnic Mélange

445

(7)

The Brazilian and American Slave Systems

446

(5)

European Immigration

451

(1)

Ethnic Stratification

452

(9)

The Brazilian Multiracial System

453

(4)

The Brazilian Ethnic Hierarchy

457

(4)

Prejudice and Discrimination

461

(7)

Prejudice

462

(3)

Patterns of Discrimination

465

(3)

Stability and Change

468

(8)

The Goal of Assimilation

468

(1)

A Faux Racial Democracy?

469

(4)

Changing Patterns of Ethnic Relations

473

(2)

Looking Beyond: Different and the Same

475

(1)

Summary

476

(2)

Suggested Readings

478

(1)

Chapter 15: Canada: Ethnic Model of the Future?

479

(37)

Formation of the Canadian Ethnic Mosaic

481

(17)

The Evolution of Two Nations: The English-French Schism

481

(10)

Canada's Other Ethnic Groups: The Third Force

491

(4)

Aboriginal Peoples

495

(3)

Ethnic Stratification

498

(4)

The Vertical Mosaic

499

(1)

Ethnicity and Class in Canada Today

500

(2)

Prejudice and Discrimination

502

(4)

Immigration and Racism

502

(2)

Ethnic Attitudes

504

(1)

Discriminatory Actions

505

(1)

Stability and Change

506

(7)

Melting Pot versus Mosaic

506

(1)

Explaining Canadian Pluralism

507

(2)

Multiculturalism in the Modern Era

509

(2)

Looking Beyond

511

(2)

Summary

513

(2)

Suggested Readings

515

(1)

Chapter 16: Northern Ireland: Enduring Ethnic Conflict?

516

(31)

Historical Development of Ethnic Relations

518

(6)

The Plantation of Ulster

519

(1)

Home Rule and Irish Rebellion

520

(1)

The Civil Rights Movement

521

(1)

The Troubles

522

(2)

Ethnic Stratification

524

(6)

The Protestants

524

(1)

The Catholics

525

(1)

Ethnic Boundaries and Identity

526

(1)

Class Divisions

527

(1)

Political Power

528

(2)

Prejudice and Discrimination

530

(4)

Protestant and Catholic Prejudice

530

(2)

Discrimination

532

(2)

Northern Ireland as a Pluralistic Society

534

(5)

Cultural Pluralism

534

(1)

Structural Pluralism

535

(4)

Stability and Change

539

(5)

The Peace Process

539

(2)

Looking Beyond

541

(3)

Summary

544

(1)

Suggested Readings

545

(2)

Chapter 17: Global Issues of Ethnic Conflict and Change

547

(27)

The Global Expansion of Ethnic Diversity

548

(6)

Shifting Patterns of Immigration

548

(2)

Immigration and Ethnic Change in Western Europe

550

(4)

The Resurgence of Ethnic Nationalism

554

(13)

Forms of Ethnic Nationalism

555

(1)

The Breakup of Yugoslavia

556

(11)

The Exploitation of Ethnicity

567

(1)

The Endurance of Ethnic Conflict and Change

567

(5)

Stimulants of Conflict

568

(2)

The Containment of Ethnic Conflict

570

(2)

Summary

572

(1)

Suggested Readings

572

(2)

Glossary

574

(7)

References

581

(41)

Index

622

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