What is the role of race in social policy? Have race-based programmes failed? Should welfare and civil rights be blind to colour?

What is the role of race in social policy? Have race-based programmes failed? Should welfare and civil rights be blind to colour?

This book offers a sympathetic and judicious portrait of Adam Clayton Powell (1908-1972), the flamboyant reverend and unapologetically arrogant yet morally principled champion of civil rights. This biography effectively chronicles Senator Powell's rise and fall.

Race matters in both national and international politics. Starting from this perspective, "African American Perspectives on Political Science" presents original essays from leading African American political scientists. Collectively, they evaluate the discipline, its subfields, the quality of race-related research, and omissions in the literature. They argue that because Americans do not fully understand the many-faceted issues of race in politics in their own country, they find it difficult to comprehend ethnic and racial disputes in other countries as well. In addition, partly because there...

Race matters in both national and international politics. Starting from this perspective, this work presents original essays from African American political scientists. These essays evaluate the discipline, its subfields, the quality of race-related research, and omissions in the literature.