Minority Studies category: 588 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2018
The Routledge Handbook of Minorities in the Middle East gathers a diverse team of international scholars, each of whom provides unique expertise into the status and prospects of minority populations in the region. The dramatic events of the past decade, from the Arab Spring protests to the rise of...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Upon coming to power in 1949, the Chinese Communist government proclaimed that its stance toward ethnic minorities--who comprise approximatelyeight percent of China’s population--differed from that of previous regimes and that it would help preserve the linguistic and cultural heritage of the fifty-five...
Minority within a Minority
Black Francophone Immigrants and the Dynamics of Power and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2007
This book examines the institutional racism and language discrimination that Black Francophones – who constitute a racial minority situated within a linguistic minority – face and identifies the strategies of resistance Black Francophones invent to gain access to power structures. The book is...
Florida's Minority Trailblazers
The Men and Women Who Changed the Face of Florida Government
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
"Saves a piece of Florida political history by narrating the personal stories of the state's 'minority trailblazers' from the Civil Rights Movement to the present day."--Richard E. Foglesong, author of Immigrant Prince: Mel Martinez and the American Dream "Captures Florida's ongoing...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
According to current scholarship, the Caucasian population of the United States is expected to be a minority by 2042. As the white majority disappears and politics shift with the changing tide, it is important to understand the voting behaviors of the significant minority voting blocs in the United...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
As the demographic makeup of the American population continues to evolve, understanding and addressing the psychological needs of ethnic minorities in the United States becomes more important to the overall health and well-being of society. This three-volume set is the first publication to explicitly...
Minority Rules
The Miao and the Feminine in China’s Cultural Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2000
Minority Rules is an ethnography of a Chinese people known as the Miao, a group long consigned to the remote highlands and considered backward by other Chinese. Now the nation’s fifth largest minority, the Miao number nearly eight million people speaking various dialects and spread out over seven...
Israel and Its Arab Minority, 1948–2008
Dialogue, Protest, Violence
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Using a balanced approach, this study provides a comprehensive picture of the Arab sector over six decades. It examines what, when, and why the Arab minority in Israel chooses to either negotiate with the government or turn to protest or violence in order to change the status quo. This book offers...
China's Mongols at University
Contesting Cultural Recognition
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010
Minority students in China often receive preferential treatment for access to universities. However, very little is known about minority student experiences and perceptions on campus after they are accorded what's called "meaningful access" to university.
The Mongols emerged as a...
Culture Shock for Asians in U.S. Academia
Breaking the Model Minority Myth
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Culture Shock for Asians in U.S. Academia: Breaking the Model Minority Myth discusses the unique cultural challenges that Asians face in U.S. academia. The issues facing Asians in academia are worthy of our attention for two major reasons: the numerical significance of Asians in U.S. academia and...
by Nanette Gottlieb
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2006
This book is the first full-length study in English to examine the use of discriminatory language in Japan. As in other countries, there has been much debate about the public use of language deemed demeaning to certain groups within society especially in relation to the issue of minority rights versus...
Too Many Children Left Behind
How Can We Close the Achievement Gap?
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
In a nation that prides itself on providing equal opportunity for all, too many low-income and minority children are falling behind their peers in school. In an increasingly competitive global arena, the United States cannot afford to ignore this widening achievement gap. What can be done to close...
Lessons in Being Chinese
Minority Education and Ethnic Identity in Southwest China
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Two very different ethnic minority communities�the Naxi of the Lijiang area in northern Yunnan and the Tai (Dai) of Sipsong Panna (Xishuangbanna), along Yunnan�s border with Burma and Laos�are featured in this comparative study of the implementation and reception of state minority education...
by Francis Adu-Febiri,Everett Ofori
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2009
It is possible to overcome barriers to minority success in Canada. The stance of this book is that new immigrants, refugees and international students do not have to settle for underachievement despite the cultural and structural disadvantages they face in Canada. The fact is, the unequal social structure...