Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities – serie
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London is the Place for Me
Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race
Inbunden, 2016
1300 kr
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Black people in the British Empire have long challenged the notion that "there ain't no black in the Union Jack." For the post-World War II wave of Afro-Caribbean migrants, many of whom had long been subjects of the Empire, claims to a British identity and imperial citizenship were considered to be …
Black Rights/White Wrongs
The Critique of Racial Liberalism
Inbunden, 2017
2627 kr
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Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has denied equality to those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery. Liberalism is the classic ideology of Enlightenment and …
Black Rights/White Wrongs
The Critique of Racial Liberalism
Häftad, 2017
577 kr
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Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has denied equality to those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery. Liberalism is the classic ideology of Enlightenment and …
The Power of Race in Cuba
Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the Revolution
Inbunden, 2017
2352 kr
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In The Power of Race in Cuba, Danielle Pilar Clealand analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress and activism through the lens of Cuba. Since 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government have married socialism and the ideal of racial harmony to …
The Power of Race in Cuba
Racial Ideology and Black Consciousness During the Revolution
Häftad, 2017
551 kr
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In The Power of Race in Cuba, Danielle Pilar Clealand analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress and activism through the lens of Cuba. Since 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government have married socialism and the ideal of racial harmony to …
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
Racial Politics in a Global Era
Häftad, 2016
581 kr
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In 1964, Malcolm X was invited to debate at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University. The topic of debate that evening was the infamous phrase from Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Convention speech: "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no …
Despite the Best Intentions
How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools
Av Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond
Häftad, 2017
510 kr
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On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same unrelenting question …
London is the Place for Me
Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race
Häftad, 2018
638 kr
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Black people in the British Empire have long challenged the notion that "there ain't no black in the Union Jack." For the post-World War II wave of Afro-Caribbean migrants, many of whom had long been subjects of the Empire, claims to a British identity and imperial citizenship were considered to be …
The Politics of Public Housing
Black Women's Struggles against Urban Inequality
Inbunden, 2004
1481 kr
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Black women have traditionally represented the canvas on which many debates about poverty and welfare have been drawn. For a quarter century after the publication of the notorious Moynihan report, poor black women were tarred with the same brush: "ghetto moms" or "welfare queens" living off the …
Party/Politics
Horizons in Black Political Thought
Inbunden, 2006
1005 kr
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In this fascinating treatment of "party" life, Michael Hanchard traces the many different forms of communal expression that underlie black parties. Party/Politics reveals new dimensions to the way we think about the cultural and political sphere, both nationally and transnationally. The author …
Double Trouble
Black Mayors, Black Communities, and the Call for a Deep Democracy
Inbunden, 2006
1316 kr
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J. Phillip Thompson III, an insider in the Dinkins administration, provides the first in-depth look at how the black mayors of America's major cities achieve social change. Black constituents naturally look to black mayors to effect great change for the poor, but the reality of the situation is …
In Search of the Black Fantastic
Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era
Av Richard Iton
Inbunden, 2008
1628 kr
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Prior to the 1960s, when African Americans had little access to formal political power, black popular culture was commonly seen as a means of forging community and effecting political change. But as Richard Iton shows in this provocative and insightful volume, despite the changes brought about by …
The Politics of Public Housing
Black Women's Struggles against Urban Inequality
Häftad, 2006
636 kr
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In this collective biography, Rhonda Y. Williams takes us behind, and beyond, politically expedient labels to provide an incisive and intimate portrait of poor black women in urban America. Drawing on dozens of interviews, Williams challenges the notion that low-income housing was a resounding …
Race and the Politics of Solidarity
Inbunden, 2009
1133 kr
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Solidarity-the reciprocal relations of trust and obligation between citizens that are essential for a thriving polity-is a basic goal of all political communities. Yet it is extremely difficult to achieve, especially in multiracial societies. In an era of increasing global migration and …
I Am Your Sister Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde
Av BYRD, Rudolph P. Byrd m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
911 kr
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Audre Lorde was not only a famous black poet; she was also one of the most important radical black feminists of the past half century. I Am Your Sister collects her non-fiction prose from 1976 to 1990, and it is the first volume to provide a full picture of Lorde's political work (as opposed to her …
Despite the Best Intentions
How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools
Inbunden, 2015
727 kr
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On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same unrelenting question …
Democracy's Reconstruction
Thinking Politically with W.E.B. Du Bois
Inbunden, 2011
1280 kr
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In Democracy's Reconstruction, the latest addition to Cathy Cohen and Fredrick Harris's Transgressing Boundaries series, noted political theorist Lawrie Balfour challenges a longstanding tendency in political theory: the disciplinary division that separates political theory proper from the study of …
Despite the Best Intentions
How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools, 2nd Edition
Av Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond
Inbunden, 2025
977 kr
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On the surface, Riverview High School looks like an exemplar of an integrated community. Serving an affluent and diverse district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high-achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same question that plagues …
Despite the Best Intentions
How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools, 2nd Edition
Av Amanda E. Lewis, John B. Diamond
Häftad, 2025
255 kr
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On the surface, Riverview High School looks like an exemplar of an integrated community. Serving an affluent and diverse district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high-achieving. Yet Riverview has not escaped the same question that plagues …
Reckoning
Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
Inbunden, 2023
1276 kr
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Examining the significance of the Movement for Black Lives, Reckoning uncovers a broadly applicable argument for the democratic necessity of social movements.Barack Obama famously said that the purpose of social movements is to get a seat at the table. However, as Deva Woodly argues in Reckoning - …
Reckoning
Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements
Häftad, 2022
365 kr
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Examining the significance of the Movement for Black Lives, Reckoning uncovers a broadly applicable argument for the democratic necessity of social movements.Barack Obama famously said that the purpose of social movements is to get a seat at the table. However, as Deva Woodly argues in Reckoning - …
The Price of the Ticket
Barack Obama and Rise and Decline of Black Politics
Häftad, 2014
487 kr
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The historical significance of Barack Obama's triumph in the presidential election of 2008 scarcely requires comment. Yet it contains an irony: he won a victory as an African American only by denying that he should discuss issues that target the concerns of African Americans. Obama's very success, …
I Am Your Sister
Collected and Unpublished Writings of Audre Lorde
Av Rudolph P. Byrd, Johnnetta Betsch Cole m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
579 kr
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Audre Lorde was not only a famous poet; she was also one of the most important radical black feminists of the past century. Her writings and speeches grappled with an impressive broad list of topics, including sexuality, race, gender, class, disease, the arts, parenting, and resistance, and they …
Democracy Remixed
Black Youth and the Future of American Politics
Häftad, 2012
504 kr
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In Democracy Remixed, award-winning scholar Cathy J. Cohen offers an authoritative and empirically powerful analysis of the state of black youth in America today. Utilizing the results from the Black Youth Project, a groundbreaking nationwide survey, Cohen focuses on what young Black Americans …
The Time is Always Now
Black Political Thought and the Transformation of US Democracy
Inbunden, 2013
785 kr
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It is widely accepted that the liberal project in America, which was so powerful for most of the twentieth century, has been in crisis for decades. Voters have rebelled against it, the right built its resurgence on antipathy to liberalism, and even the left played a part in its demise. In short, it …
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
Racial Politics in a Global Era
Inbunden, 2014
667 kr
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In 1964 Malcolm X was invited to debate at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University. The topic of debate that evening was the infamous phrase from Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Convention speech:"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no …
Race and Real Estate
Inbunden, 2015
2627 kr
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Race and Real Estate brings together new work by architects, sociologists, legal scholars, and literary critics that qualifies and complicates traditional narratives of race, property, and citizenship in the United States. Rather than simply rehearsing the standard account of how blacks were …
Race and Real Estate
Av Adrienne R. Brown, Adrienne Brown m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
711 kr
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Race and Real Estate brings together new work by architects, sociologists, legal scholars, and literary critics that qualifies and complicates traditional narratives of race, property, and citizenship in the United States. Rather than simply rehearsing the standard account of how blacks were …
