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Why groups interact as they do
Majority – Minority Relations helps students develop an understanding of the principles and process that influence race and ethnic relations.
This topically organized text 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. Organized by topic, this book provides a more integrated look at the social forces that affect different racial groups.
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Table of Contents:
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts
Part I: Social-Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes
Chapter 3: Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?
Chapter 4: Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models
Part II: The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 5: Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality
Chapter 6: Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States
Chapter 7: Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society
Chapter 8: Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism
Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations
Part III: Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination
Chapter 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today
Chapter 11: The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America
Chapter 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America
Chapter 13: The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 14: Education and American Minority Groups
Part IV: Current and Future Issues in Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 15: Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 16: Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1: Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts Why Study Race and Ethnic Relations? Emphasis and Approach of This Book Basic Terms and Concepts Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Part I: Social Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes What Is Prejudice? Forms of Prejudice Stereotypes Causes of Prejudice Theories About Personality and Prejudice Social Learning and Symbolic Interactionist Theories of Prejudice Socioeconomic Status and Prejudice Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 3: Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important? Reducing Prejudice: Some Principles and Approaches How Important Is Prejudice? Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 4: Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models Sociological Versus Social-Psychological Approaches to Majority-Minority Relations
Perspectives in Sociology Order and Conflict: Two Sociological Perspectives The Social-Structural Perspectives and Social Problems The Social-Structural Perspectives and Majority-Minority Relations An Illustration of the Debate: Culture of Poverty Theory and African American Families Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Part II: The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 5: Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality Patterns of Race and Ethnic Relations The Development of Ethnic Stratification Origins of Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the United States Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 6: Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States Origins of Contact and Modern-Day Race Relations: A Theory of Internal Colonialism Evolving Patterns of Black-White Race Relations Rigid Competitive Race Relations and Other Racial and Ethnic Groups A Shift to Fluid Competitive Race Relations: America Since World War II Factors Causing the Changes: The Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 7: Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society Adaptive Responses Change-Oriented Responses A Shift Toward Change-Oriented Responses The Rising Tide of Protest Necessary Conditions for Social Movements Development of These Conditions and the Formation of Minority Social Movements in the United States After World War II Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Term
Chapter 8: Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism Changing Goals for Minority Group Movements Three Ideal Models of Intergroup Relations Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism in American Society Changing Attitudes Toward Assimilation and Pluralism Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations Cross-Cultural Evidence on the Effects of Colonization Societies with Peaceful Intergroup Relations Cross-Cultural Evidence on the Effects of Urbanization and Modernization Combined Effects of Colonialism and Degree of Modernization Number of Racial and Ethnic Groups Cultural and Demographic Characteristics of Majority and Minority Groups: Brazil and Mexico Overlapping Versus Crosscutting Cleavages Territorial Ethnic Base Language International Relationships
Racial Versus Ethnic Divisions International Pressure Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Part III: Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination
Chapter 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today Major Racial and Ethnic Groups: Overview and General Statistics Status of Minority Groups in America Today The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class Inequality Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 11: The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America Wealth and Race: Asset Ownership in America Today
The Economics of Discrimination: Three Theories
Recent Trends and Their Effects on Economic Inequality The Fiscal Troubles of Cities and Their Impact on Minorities Health Care and Minorities Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America Housing Discrimination and Segregation
Housing Segregation Between Blacks and Whites Causes of Continuing Black-White Segregation Housing Segregation Among Latinos/as, Asian Americans, and Native Americans Discrimination in Home Finance and Insurance Impacts of Segregation Race, Segregation, and Hurricane Katrina Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 13: The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations Government in America: Agent of Minority Oppression or Protector of Minority Rights? The American Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 14: Education and American Minority Groups A Brief History of School Segregation Since 1954 The Role of Education: Two Views Funding of Schools Cultural and Behavioral Factors in the Education of Minorities Teachers’ Expectations and Tracking Linguistic Issues and the Bilingual Education Debate Test Bias and The Standardized Testing Debate Lack of Minority Role Models Racial Bias in the Educational System: An Evaluation Resolving Problems of Majority-Minority Inequality in Education: Four Approaches Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Part IV: Values, Goals, and Issues of the Present and Future in Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 15: Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations Diversity and Multiculturalism in Work and Education
Hate Group Activity and Hate Crime
Combating Hatred on Campus: Debates and Issues The Discrimination-Testing Movement Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms
Chapter 16: Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class Affirmative Action
The Relative Importance of Race and Class in American Society Immigration Policy Summary and Conclusion Critical Review Questions Key Terms Glossary References Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index
About the Author :
John E. Farley is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where for nearly thirty years he taught a wide range of courses, including many years of teaching the race and ethnic relations course. He conducted his undergraduate studies at Michigan State University, where he received a B.A. in political science. He continued his studies at the University of Michigan, where he received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology, as well as the master of urban planning degree.
He is also the author of Sociology, Fifth Edition (Prentice Hall, 2003). He is an active researcher in urban sociology and race and ethnic relations, and his articles have appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Urban Affairs Review, The Sociological Quarterly, Contexts, and a number of other journals. He also regularly presents the results of his research at professional meetings, and has addressed such meetings in Canada, Sweden and Germany as well as throughout the United States. He headed a research team studying public response to Iben Browning’s prediction of an earthquake in the Midwest in 1990, and he was editor of a special issue of the nternational Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters on that topic. His book, Earthquake Fears, Predictions, and Preparations in Mid-America, which reports the results of the three-year study, was published by Southern Illinois University Press in 1998. Dr. Farley has conducted research on racial housing segregation based on each U.S. census from 1980 through 2000. He has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Mental Health, and SIUE’s Graduate School and Institute for Urban Research.
Professor Farley has received a number of awards for his work, including the SIUE Outstanding Scholar Award for his research on race relations and racial housing segregation, the SIUE Kimmell Community Service Award for his efforts in creating a fair housing organization in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and SIUE’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., University Humanitarian Award for his efforts in the community. He has served as president of the SIUE Faculty Senate, the Illinois Sociological Association, the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Metropolitan St. Louis Equal Housing Opportunity Council, which presented him with its Open Doors Award in 2008 for his work promoting fair housing. Dr. Farley enjoys fishing, snow skiing, travel, and nature and weather photography, especially when sharing these activities with his wife, Alice and his daughter, Megan. In 2004, he became a grandfather, and now has two grandchildren.
