Minorities in an Open Society

Geoff Dench (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

308 Seiten

2002
Transaction Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7658-0979-7 (ISBN)

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Most accounts of ethnic and race relations in Western states are optimistic at heart. They assume that equal participation by minorities will be achieved, because it is a "public good" from which citizens will benefit. This title challenges these idealistic commentaries.

Most accounts of ethnic and race relations in Western states are optimistic at heart.They assume that equal participation by minorities will be achieved because it is a "public good" from which citizens will benefi t. Social justice will prevail. In this topical and disturbing book, Geoff Dench challenges these idealistic commentaries, showing that in many instances they do not produce convincing analyses of the position of minorities. He suggests that analysts neglect to explore the web of real interests behind public affi rmations of commitment to integration.

Geoff Dench is senior research fellow at the Institute of Community Studies and professor of sociology at Middlesex University. He is the editor of Transforming Men and Rewriting the Sexual Contact, both published by Transaction.

INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION, PREFACE AND SUMMARY, Summary of argument, Part I THE AMBIVALENT STATE, Part II CAPTIVE LEADERS, Part Ill TORMENTS IN CAPTIVITY, Part IV THE FRAMEWORK OF CONTAINMENT, References, Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.1.2003
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7658-0979-6 / 0765809796
ISBN-13	978-0-7658-0979-7 / 9780765809797
Zustand	Neuware