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Majority-Minority Relations, 5/E
John E. Farley, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

ISBN-10: 0131444123
ISBN-13: 9780131444126

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2005
Format: Cloth; 576 pp
Published: 09/28/2004

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For sophomore/junior level courses in Majority-Minority Relations or Race and Ethnic Relations in departments of sociology and ethnic studies and for college and university courses on diversity.

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.

  • Organization by topic rather than by group.

    • Allows instructors and students to easily locate the issues they want to examine about each minority group. Helps students see the “why” of race and ethnic relations, delving into the sociology of inter-group relations rather than merely presenting facts about different groups.

  • NEW—Thoroughly updated data and coverage throughout—Extensive incorporation of data from the 2000 census; current events in majority-minority relations; and new social-scientific research, theory, and writings.

    • Presents students with 400 new references for an up-to-date perspective.

  • NEW—Extensive exploration throughout the book of the impact of September 11 on intergroup relations—Includes expanded coverage of issues relating to Arab and Muslim Americans, and the difference between the two.

    • Shows how Arab and Muslim Americans have been impacted by September 11 and reactions to it, and corrects common misperceptions concerning these ethnic and religious groups.

  • NEW—Rewritten education chapter (Ch. 12)—Updated to reflect the recent trend toward re-segregation of schools and the reasons for it, the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act, and other important issues.

    • Shows students relevance of materials being covered by bringing in current topics, and provides an up-to-date understanding of how education can perpetuate racial and ethnic inequality.

  • NEW—Expanded/updated coverage of affirmative action (Ch. 15)—Rewritten to reflect the 2003 Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action arising from the University of Michigan cases.

    • Addresses students' strong interest in the hot topic area of affirmative action in a current, factual, and research-based manner.

  • NEW—Discussion on the impacts of welfare reform (Ch. 11)—Presents material on the evidence of racial discrimination in voting in the 2000 presidential election.

    • Shows students the impact–positive and negative–of governmental legislation on the poor and minorities.

  • NEW—Expanded coverage throughout of recent sociological work on whiteness as a racial identity—Includes the denial of race and racial privilege by whites, as well as discussion of ways in which color-blindness may actually perpetuate racism.

    • Addresses white students' racial identities, which are often unacknowledged and unrecognized.

  • NEW—Expanded coverage of the cumulative costs of racism to minorities over U.S. history—Includes the related issue of reparations for racism.

    • Shows students the consequences of racism from a financial perspective.

  • Emphasis on the role of institutional discrimination—Includes extensive discussion of processes that create or maintain inequality of the political, legal, economic, health care, housing, and educational institutions.

    • Helps students understand the reality of institutional forms of discrimination, which are often more subtle and harder to see than individual acts of discrimination.

  • Different perspectives of race and ethnic relations, including social-psychological, functionalist, and conflict approaches—Analyzes the causes of different patterns of race and ethnic relations.

    • Takes students back to the roots of inequality and conflict to gain a deeper understanding of issues that still affect their lives today, and encourages them to critically evaluate the arguments these perspectives make about race and ethnic relations.

 

  • Thoroughly updated data and coverage throughout–Extensive incorporation of data from the 2000 census; current events in majority-minority relations; and new social-scientific research, theory, and writings.

    • Presents students with 400 new references for an up-to-date perspective.

  • Extensive exploration throughout the book of the impact of September 11 on intergroup relations–Includes expanded coverage of issues relating to Arab and Muslim Americans, and the difference between the two.

    • Shows how Arab and Muslim Americans have been impacted by September 11 and reactions to it, and corrects common misperceptions concerning these ethnic and religious groups.

  • Rewritten education chapter (Ch. 12)–Updated to reflect the recent trend toward re-segregation of schools and the reasons for it, the effects of the No Child Left Behind Act, and other important issues.

    • Shows students relevance of materials being covered by bringing in current topics, and provides an up-to-date understanding of how education can perpetuate racial and ethnic inequality.

  • Expanded/updated coverage of affirmative action (Ch. 15)–Rewritten to reflect the 2003 Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action arising from the University of Michigan cases.

    • Addresses students' strong interest in the hot topic area of affirmative action in a current, factual, and research-based manner.

  • Discussion on the impacts of welfare reform (Ch. 11)–Presents material on the evidence of racial discrimination in voting in the 2000 presidential election.

    • Shows students the impact—positive and negative—of governmental legislation on the poor and minorities.

  • Expanded coverage throughout of recent sociological work on whiteness as a racial identity–Includes the denial of race and racial privilege by whites, as well as discussion of ways in which color-blindness may actually perpetuate racism.

    • Addresses white students' racial identities, which are often unacknowledged and unrecognized.

  • Expanded coverage of the cumulative costs of racism to minorities over U.S. history–Includes the related issue of reparations for racism.

    • Shows students the consequences of racism from a financial perspective.

 

(NOTE: Each chapter ends with a Summary and Conclusion.)

 1. Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts.


 2. Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes.


 3. Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?


 4. Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models.


 5. Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality.


 6. Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States.


 7. Minority Group Movements and Values and Contemporary Intergroup Relations.


 8. Cross-cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations.


 9. The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today.


10. The American Economic System and the Status of Minority Groups Today.


11. The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations.


12. Education and American Minority Groups.


13. Majority-Minority Relations Based on Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Disability.


14. Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations.


15. Affirmative Action and Other Issues for the Future of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States.

John E. Farley is Professor and Chair in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he has taught a wide range of course, 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 MA. and a Ph.D. in sociology, as well as the master of urban planning degree. He has taught at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville since 1977.

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, the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Urban Affairs Review, the Sociological Quarterly, 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 and Sweden as well as throughout the United States. He headed a research team studying public response to Then Browning's prediction' of an earthquake in the Midwest in 1990, and was editor of a special issue of the International 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. 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. with the birth of his grandson, Justin.

Majority-Minority Relations, Fifth Edition, helps to develop 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 an integrated look at the social forces that affect different racial groups.

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