Majority-Minority Relations, 6th Edition

This topically organized text is designed to develop students' understanding of the principles and processes that shape the patterns of relations between racial, ethnic, and other groups in society. Organized by topic, this book provides a more integrated look at the social forces that affect different racial groups.

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS

1   Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts   

Part I   Social-Psychology and Social Structure as Ways of Understanding Majority-Minority Relations

2   Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes   

3   Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?   

4   Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models   

Part II   The Historical Roots of Today’s Intergroup Inequality and Majority-Minority Relations

5   Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality   

6   Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States   

7   Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society

8   Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism

9   Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations

Part III  Majority-Minority Relations in America Today: The Role of Institutional Discrimination

10   The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today   

11   The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America   

12   Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America   

13   The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations   

14   Education and American Minority Groups  

Part IV   Current and Future Issues in Majority-Minority Relations

15   Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations   

16   Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class