The miner's canary : enlisting race, resisting power, transforming democracy /

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Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. Addressing these issues is essential. Ignoring racial differences--race blindness--has failed. Focusing on individual achievem...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Guinier, Lani (Autor), Torres, Gerald (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Press, 2003.
Edición:1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed.
Colección:Nathan I. Huggins lectures.
Temas:
Political participation > United States.
Minorities > Political activity > United States.
Coalitions.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Minorités > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Coalitions
Minorities > Political activity.
Political participation.
Race relations > Political aspects.
Ethnische Beziehungen
Politische Beteiligung
Nationale Minderheit
Rassenverhoudingen.
Politieke participatie.
United States > Race relations > Political aspects.
États-Unis > Relations raciales > Aspect politique.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Political race and magical realism
  • A critique of colorblindness
  • Race as a political space
  • Rethinking conventions of zero-sum power
  • Enlisting race to resist hierarchy
  • The problem democracy is supposed to solve
  • Whiteness of a different color?
  • Watching the canary.

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