Politics of Race

by Vickers, Jill; Isaac, Annette P.

• ISBN13: 9781442611313
• ISBN10: 1442611316
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-22
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr

Summary

The Politics of Raceis an excellent resource for students and general readers seeking to learn about race policies and legislation. Arguing that 'states make race,' it provides a unique comparison of the development and construction of race in three white settler societies - Canada, the United States, and Australia. This timely new edition focuses on the politics of race after 9/11 and Barack Obama's election as president of the United States. Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac explore how state-sanctioned race discrimination has intensified in the wake of heightened security. It also explains the new race formation of Islamophobia in all three countries, and the shifts in how Hispanics and Asian Americans are being treated in the United States. As race and politics become increasingly intertwined in both academic and popular discourse, The Politics of Raceaids readers in evaluating different approaches for promoting racial justice and transforming states.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: The Politics of Race in Three Settler States	p. 3
Foundational Race Regimes	p. 43
Subsequent Race Regimes - Segregation and Whites-Only Nationalism	p. 70
Immigration Policy and Multiculturalism	p. 103
Federalism and Electoral Systems: Mechanisms of the Politics of Race	p. 134
The Politics of Race: Contexts and Bottom-Up Approaches to Change	p. 169
Top-Down Approaches and Democratic Responsiveness	p. 194
'Back to the Future': Fragmented and International Race Formations	p. 224
Basic Concepts for Understanding the Politics of Race	p. 251
Appendix A	p. 277
Appendix B	p. 291
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