This book moves the controversy over multiculturalism in higher education from primarily an ideological debate to practical and concrete considerations. The first part outlines the demographic and historic realities that will make some form of multicultural education necessary in the coming century. The second part provides examples of how selective aspects of North American co-cultures (e.g., Native American and Puerto Rican) could be central to reforming curriculum and instruction. The final part provides practical and concrete suggestions and proposals for how to improve teaching,...
This book moves the controversy over multiculturalism in higher education from primarily an ideological debate to practical and concrete considerat...
When Communities Assess their AIDS Epidemics is a detailed ethnographic description of the AIDS epidemic in ten U.S. cities and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
When Communities Assess their AIDS Epidemics is a detailed ethnographic description of the AIDS epidemic in ten U.S. cities and the U.S. Virgin Island...
Benjamin P. Bowser Shiraz I. Mishra Cathy J. Reback
Bowser (sociology and social services, California State University) collects funders' perspectives on collaborative AIDS research in this guide to cooperative efforts between researchers and community-based organizations. Academics in community medicine and directors of community organizations, all based in California, discuss issues related to the
Bowser (sociology and social services, California State University) collects funders' perspectives on collaborative AIDS research in this guide to coo...
Benjamin P. Bowser Shiraz I. Mishra Cathy J. Reback
Learn how to create professional collaboration between HIV/AIDS researchers and community organizations for the benefit of all This book is designed to help frontline prevention organizations answer two questions that are of utmost importance. First, how effective are their services; and second, can their work be improved? The absence of rigorous evaluation is a barrier to stable funding for community organizations, and the strategies in Preventing AIDS: Community-Science Collaborations can help overcome that barrier. The book is a guide to successful cooperative efforts between researchers...
Learn how to create professional collaboration between HIV/AIDS researchers and community organizations for the benefit of all This book is designed ...
This is a unique and valuable resource whose focus is not restricted to the examination of racism and antiracism from a single perspective. Contributors from diverse backgrounds - anthropology, classics, sociology, political science, communications and history - explore racism and the various movements to counteract it through the historical and cultural lenses of different world settings, including Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Caribbean.
This is a unique and valuable resource whose focus is not restricted to the examination of racism and antiracism from a single perspective. Contributo...
What motivates white racism? What effects does racism have on white Americans? The Second Edition of this provocative book reveals that racism remains a pervasive force in American society and that its effects on whites are still misunderstood.
Combining the contributions of sociologists, historians and economists, this new edition contains updated chapters which take account of the developments in American society over the past 15 years. The editors expand on the recommendations they presented in the First Edition, demonstrating clearly the progress made and, more significantly, what...
What motivates white racism? What effects does racism have on white Americans? The Second Edition of this provocative book reveals that racism remains...
The authors of this volume discuss diversity issues such as admission policies and the role of ethnic studies departments, then suggest strategies for dealing with questions of racism, diversity and intercultural communication. Suggestions range from ways to improve intercultural interpersonal skills through to the broad structural changes needed if a university is to embrace its diverse population.
The authors of this volume discuss diversity issues such as admission policies and the role of ethnic studies departments, then suggest strategies for...
Over the course of the past century the struggle against racism took many forms, from petitions and lawsuits to sit-ins and marches. This book records the testimony of eleven scholar-activists who challenged prevailing racial beliefs and practices while engaging in resistance and reform. Included in this group are nine African Americans (Kenneth B. Clark, John Henrik Clarke, St. Clair Drake, W.E.B. Du Bois, John Hope Franklin, John Glover Jackson, Hylan Lewis, Frank Snowden Jr., and Robert C. Weaver); one Sri Lankan who lives and works in Britain (A. Sivanandan); and one white American...
Over the course of the past century the struggle against racism took many forms, from petitions and lawsuits to sit-ins and marches. This book reco...
