Author: Jacqueline FlemingPublisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 9780875896168
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Blacks in College
Author: Jacqueline FlemingPublisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 9780875896168
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Bibliography on Racism, 1972-1975
Author: Center for Minority Group Mental Health Programs (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental health
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Resources in Education
Author: Bibliography on Racism
Author: Center for Minority Group Mental Health Programs (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mental health
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
Research in Education
Author: Master's Theses in Education
Author: T. A. LamkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Engaging Strangers
Author: Daniel J. MontiPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611475910
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
Partisans on both the left and right wings of America's theory class and political spectrum believe we're in trouble, big trouble. The economy is limping along. Inequality has reached unprecedented levels. And we seem to be on the verge of being overwhelmed by immigrants who don't look and act anything like our grandparents did much less the men and women who founded our country. Angry, scared, disengaged and distrustful when we aren't openly antagonistic toward each other, Americans can't figure out who we are as a people and openly fret about our best days being behind us. To make matters worse, our political system, the one place we're supposed to be able to work on behalf of a broader public good with people who aren't like us, appears even more broken than these other parts of our culture. There's some unexpected good news, however, and it's coming from one of the last places in America you'd expect different people to be getting along: Boston. Bostonians -- well known for their unwelcoming and sometimes violent treatment of newcomers and unwillingness to find common ground with people deemed outsiders -- aren't acting broken or taking their resentments out on each other these days. They've turned instead to calmer ways of talking about each other and treating each other in public. Far from being disconnected and afraid, people in Boston are better connected and more respectful of each other, and their city is better organized and more orderly than at any time in its long and storied history. Bostonians have learned to get along with the strangers among them in ways their ancestors never knew or expected the rest of us would be willing to entertain much less master. They have their civic act together. Engaging Strangers explores how the people of Boston have learned to practice a more congenial and respectful set of civic virtues. In this book, the author provides a model for civic conduct for the rest of America to study and follow.
Comparative Studies of Blacks and Whites in the United States
Author: Kent S. MillerPublisher: Academic Press
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 596
Book Description
Research in Education
Author: Social Trends in American Life
Author: Peter V. MarsdenPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400845564
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Changes in American social attitudes and behaviors since the 1970s Social Trends in American Life assembles a team of leading researchers to provide unparalleled insight into how American social attitudes and behaviors have changed since the 1970s. Drawing on the General Social Survey—a social science project that has tracked demographic and attitudinal trends in the United States since 1972—it offers a window into diverse facets of American life, from intergroup relations to political views and orientations, social affiliations, and perceived well-being. Among the book's many important findings are the greater willingness of ordinary Americans to accord rights of free expression to unpopular groups, to endorse formal racial equality, and to accept nontraditional roles for women in the workplace, politics, and the family. Some, but not all, signs indicate that political conservatism has grown, while a few suggest that Republicans and Democrats are more polarized. Some forms of social connectedness such as neighboring have declined, as has confidence in government, while participation in organized religion has softened. Despite rising standards of living, American happiness levels have changed little, though financial and employment insecurity has risen over three decades. Social Trends in American Life provides an invaluable perspective on how Americans view their lives and their society, and on how these views have changed over the last two generations.