Abstract: The family lives of immigrants and ethnic minority populations have become central to arguments about the right and wrong ways of living in multicultural societies. While the characteristic cultural practices of such families have long been scrutinized by the media and…
"The Family in Question shows how those concerned with public policy often unthinkingly reflect the popular imagination and contribute to what in recent times has become a dangerous xenophobic stereotyping of immigrants and their descendants."--BOOK JACKET.
Examines why some groups in America such as Mormons, Cubans, Nigerians, Chinese Americans, and Jews do better than others and argues that a superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control are the elements of the Triple Package that drive disproportionate group success.
Focuses on border as limitation. This work describes the construction of the apartheid wall. It shows how spatial borders gradually become mental borders such that, as visual borders disappear, new invisible borders appear. It also explores the dualism of borders.
Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned fundamentalists, Larry Goodson combines Taliban interviews and field research with concise analysis to explain what has been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years, and why the f…
Critical Race Theory is a familiar and important strand of North American legal scholarship, but it is virtually unknown in Europe. This book aims to bring Critical Race Theory to a European context. Outlining its development in North America, and bringing its insights to bear u…
