Perspectives on race, ethnicity, and religion : identity politics in America /
Perspectives on race, ethnicity, and religion : identity politics in America /
[edited by] Valerie Martinez-Ebers [and] Manochehr Dorraj.
- xix, 250 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
INTRODUCTION; 1. Change and Continuity in the Experiences of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities in America; PART ONE: THE BROADER CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES; 2. Globalization and the American Nation; 3. A World Between: Multiple Identities and the Challenges Faced by First Generation Immigrants; 4. Immigration: Trends, Demographics, and Patterns of Political Incorporation; 5. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Accommodating Religious Diversity; PART TWO: THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND EXPERIENCES OF SELECT MINORITY GROUPS; 6. Measured Sovereignty: The Political Experiences of Indigenous Peoples as Nations and Individuals; 7. Linked Fates, Disconnected Realities: The Post-Civil Rights African American Politics; 8. The Influence of History on the Policy Positions and Partisanship of Hispanics in the United States; 9. Model Minority or Perpetual Foreigner? The Political Experience of Asian Americans; 10. Anti-Semitism and the Jewish-American Political Experience; 11. Islamophobia, the Muslim Stereotype, and the Muslim-American Political Experience; 12. Concluding Thoughts on a Changing America; APPENDIX 1; EDITORS AND CHAPTER AUTHORS BIOGRAPHIES
9780195381702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008052704
Christianity and politics--United States.
Group identity--Political aspects--United States.
Political culture--United States.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
E184.A1 / P47 2010
305.800973 / P
Includes bibliographical references and index.
INTRODUCTION; 1. Change and Continuity in the Experiences of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Minorities in America; PART ONE: THE BROADER CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING MINORITY-MAJORITY RELATIONSHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES; 2. Globalization and the American Nation; 3. A World Between: Multiple Identities and the Challenges Faced by First Generation Immigrants; 4. Immigration: Trends, Demographics, and Patterns of Political Incorporation; 5. Bridging the Cultural Divide: Accommodating Religious Diversity; PART TWO: THE HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND EXPERIENCES OF SELECT MINORITY GROUPS; 6. Measured Sovereignty: The Political Experiences of Indigenous Peoples as Nations and Individuals; 7. Linked Fates, Disconnected Realities: The Post-Civil Rights African American Politics; 8. The Influence of History on the Policy Positions and Partisanship of Hispanics in the United States; 9. Model Minority or Perpetual Foreigner? The Political Experience of Asian Americans; 10. Anti-Semitism and the Jewish-American Political Experience; 11. Islamophobia, the Muslim Stereotype, and the Muslim-American Political Experience; 12. Concluding Thoughts on a Changing America; APPENDIX 1; EDITORS AND CHAPTER AUTHORS BIOGRAPHIES
9780195381702 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008052704
Christianity and politics--United States.
Group identity--Political aspects--United States.
Political culture--United States.
United States--Race relations--Political aspects.
United States--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.
E184.A1 / P47 2010
305.800973 / P