Awakening to Race - Individualism and Social Consciousness in America

Informationen zum Autor Jack Turner is assistant professor of political science at the University of Washington and a member of the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity! Race! and Sexuality. He is the editor of A Political Companion to Henry David Thoreau. Klappentext The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeking out opportunities. The author upends this view. Zusammenfassung The election of America's first black president has led many to believe that race is no longer a real obstacle to success and that remaining racial inequality stems largely from the failure of minority groups to take personal responsibility for seeking out opportunities. The author upends this view.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Turner, TURNER JACK
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2012
• EAN: 9780226817125
• ISBN: 978-0-226-81712-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Ethnic Studies, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General