Jennifer L Hochschild: 4 books
Do Facts Matter?
Information and Misinformation in American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
A democracy falters when most of its citizens are uninformed or misinformed, when misinformation affects political decisions and actions, or when political actors foment misinformation—the state of affairs the United States faces today, as this timely book makes painfully clear. In Do Facts Matter?...
by Jennifer L. Hochschild, Nathan Scovronick
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
The American Dream and the Public Schools examines issues that have excited and divided Americans for years, including desegregation, school funding, testing, vouchers, bilingual education, and ability grouping. While these are all separate problems, much of the contention over them comes down to...
Creating a New Racial Order
How Immigration, Multiracialism, Genomics, and the Young Can Remake Race in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2012
The American racial order--the beliefs, institutions, and practices that organize relationships among the nation's races and ethnicities--is undergoing its greatest transformation since the 1960s. Creating a New Racial Order takes a groundbreaking look at the reasons behind this dramatic change, and...
by Valentine Moghadam, Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Sarah White
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2011
The Women, Gender and Development Reader II is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration,...