Human relations commissions : relieving racial tensions in the American city /

"During the 1950s, amid increased attention to the problems facing cities-such as racial disparities in housing, education, and economic conditions; tense community-police relations; and underrepresentation of minority groups-local governments developed an interest in "human relations.&quo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Calfano, Brian Robert, 1977- (Autor), Martinez-Ebers, Valerie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Temas:
Social problems > United States.
Civil rights > United States.
Discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Racism > United States.
Problèmes sociaux > États-Unis.
Droits de l'homme > États-Unis.
Racisme > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
Civil rights.
Discrimination > Law and legislation.
Racism.
Social problems.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : too big a task?
  • Human relations commissions : creativity in constraint
  • The history of intergroup relations in America
  • Origins and development of organized human relations efforts
  • The humans who must relate
  • Experimenting with the dynamics of intergroup identity
  • Reporting and responding to community
  • Imagining human relations for the future.

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