Majority-Minority Relations Census Update

by Farley, John E.

• ISBN13: 9780205006571
• ISBN10: 0205006574
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-18
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

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.   To take a tour of this book, visit:http://www.pearsonhighered.com/showtell/farley_0205645372/web     What is the Pearson Census Update Program?   The Census Update edition incorporates 2010 Census data into a course ;simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program are as follows: Census Update Edition -Features fully updated data throughout the text ;including all charts and graphs ;to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. This edition also includes a reproduction of the 2010 Census Questionnaire for your students to explore in detail. 2010 Census Update Primer -A brief seven-chapter overview of the Census, including important information about the Constitutional mandate, research methods, who is affected by the Census, and how data is used. Additionally, the primer explores key contemporary topics such as race and ethnicity, the family, and poverty. The primer can be packaged with any Pearson text at no additional cost, and is available via MySocLab, MySocKit, and MySearchLab. The primer can also be purchased standalone. 2010 Census Update Primer Instructor's Manual with Test Bank  -Includes explanations of what has been updated, in-class activities, homework activities associated with the MyLabs and MyKits, discussion questions for the primer, and test questions related to the primer. MySocKit- Gives students the opportunity to explore the methods and data and apply the results in a dynamic interactive online environment. It includes: primary source readings relevant to the Census an online version of the 2010 Census Update Primer a series of activities using 2010 Census results video clips explaining and exploring the Census

Author Biography

John E. Farley is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where for nearly thirty years he taught a wide range of courses, 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 M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology, as well as the master of urban planning degree.

 

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, Social Science Research, the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Urban Affairs Review, The Sociological Quarterly, Contexts, 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, Sweden and Germany as well as throughout the United States. He headed a research team studying public response to Iben Browning’s prediction of an earthquake in the Midwest in 1990, and he was editor of a special issue of the nternational 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, which presented him with its Open Doors Award in 2008 for his work promoting fair housing. 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, and now has two grandchildren.

 

Table of Contents

IN THIS SECTION:

1.) BRIEF

2.) COMPREHENSIVE

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BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Chapter 1: Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts  

 

Part I: Social-Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes  
Chapter 3: Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?  
Chapter 4: Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models  

 

Part II: The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 5: Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality  
Chapter 6: Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States  
Chapter 7: Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society
Chapter 8: Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism
Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations

 

Part III: Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination
Chapter 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today  
Chapter 11: The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America  
Chapter 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America  
Chapter 13: The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations  
Chapter 14: Education and American Minority Groups  

 

Part IV: Current and Future Issues in Majority-Minority Relations
Chapter 15: Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations  
Chapter 16: Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class  

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COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:

 

Chapter 1: Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts

Why Study Race and Ethnic Relations?

Emphasis and Approach of This Book

Basic Terms and Concepts

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Part I: Social Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations

Chapter 2: Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes

What Is Prejudice?

Forms of Prejudice

Stereotypes

Causes of Prejudice

Theories About Personality and Prejudice

Social Learning and Symbolic Interactionist Theories of Prejudice

Socioeconomic Status and Prejudice

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 3: Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?

Reducing Prejudice: Some Principles and Approaches

How Important Is Prejudice?

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 4: Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models

Sociological Versus Social-Psychological Approaches to Majority-Minority Relations
Perspectives in Sociology

Order and Conflict: Two Sociological Perspectives

The Social-Structural Perspectives and Social Problems

The Social-Structural Perspectives and Majority-Minority Relations

An Illustration of the Debate: Culture of Poverty Theory and African American Families

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Part II: The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations

Chapter 5: Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality

Patterns of Race and Ethnic Relations

The Development of Ethnic Stratification

Origins of Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the United States

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

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

Origins of Contact and Modern-Day Race Relations: A Theory of Internal Colonialism

Evolving Patterns of Black-White Race Relations

Rigid Competitive Race Relations and Other Racial and Ethnic Groups

A Shift to Fluid Competitive Race Relations: America Since World War II

Factors Causing the Changes: The Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 7: Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society

Adaptive Responses

Change-Oriented Responses

A Shift Toward Change-Oriented Responses

The Rising Tide of Protest

Necessary Conditions for Social Movements

Development of These Conditions and the Formation of Minority Social Movements in the United States After World War II

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Term

Chapter 8: Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism

Changing Goals for Minority Group Movements

Three Ideal Models of Intergroup Relations

Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism in American Society

Changing Attitudes Toward Assimilation and Pluralism

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations

Cross-Cultural Evidence on the Effects of Colonization

Societies with Peaceful Intergroup Relations

Cross-Cultural Evidence on the Effects of Urbanization and Modernization

Combined Effects of Colonialism and Degree of Modernization

Number of Racial and Ethnic Groups

Cultural and Demographic Characteristics of Majority and Minority Groups: Brazil and Mexico

Overlapping Versus Crosscutting Cleavages

Territorial Ethnic Base

Language

International Relationships
Racial Versus Ethnic Divisions

International Pressure

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Part III: Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination
 

Chapter 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today

Major Racial and Ethnic Groups: Overview and General Statistics

Status of Minority Groups in America Today

The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Class Inequality

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 11: The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America

Wealth and Race: Asset Ownership in America Today
The Economics of Discrimination: Three Theories
Recent Trends and Their Effects on Economic Inequality

The Fiscal Troubles of Cities and Their Impact on Minorities

Health Care and Minorities

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America

Housing Discrimination and Segregation
Housing Segregation Between Blacks and Whites

Causes of Continuing Black-White Segregation

Housing Segregation Among Latinos/as, Asian Americans, and Native Americans

Discrimination in Home Finance and Insurance

Impacts of Segregation

Race, Segregation, and Hurricane Katrina

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 13: The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations

Government in America: Agent of Minority Oppression or Protector of Minority Rights?

The American Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 14: Education and American Minority Groups

A Brief History of School Segregation Since 1954

The Role of Education: Two Views

Funding of Schools

Cultural and Behavioral Factors in the Education of Minorities

Teachers’ Expectations and Tracking

Linguistic Issues and the Bilingual Education Debate

Test Bias and The Standardized Testing Debate

Lack of Minority Role Models

Racial Bias in the Educational System: An Evaluation

Resolving Problems of Majority-Minority Inequality in Education: Four Approaches

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Part IV: Values, Goals, and Issues of the Present and Future in Majority-Minority Relations

Chapter 15: Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations

Diversity and Multiculturalism in Work and Education
Hate Group Activity and Hate Crime
Combating Hatred on Campus: Debates and Issues

The Discrimination-Testing Movement

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

Chapter 16: Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class

Affirmative Action
The Relative Importance of Race and Class in American Society

Immigration Policy

Summary and Conclusion

Critical Review Questions

Key Terms

 

Glossary

References

Photo Credits

Name Index

Subject Index