Between fear and hope : globalization and race in the United States / Andrew L. Barlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barlow, Andrew L., 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Political aspects--United States.

Racism.

Racism--Political aspects.

Race relations.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Racism--Economic aspects.

United States.

Racism--Economic aspects--United States.

Globalization--Political aspects--United States.

Globalization.

Globalization--Political aspects.

Globalization--Social aspects--United States.

Globalization--Economic aspects--United States.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects.

United States--Race relations--Economic aspects.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

x, 213 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Between fear & hope

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2003]

Summary:

This book provides a structural analysis of race, and a methodology for connecting global to national and local racial processes.

Contents:

Part I The Backdrop

Chapter 1 Rediscovering Race in the Global Era 7

Modernity and the "End of Racism" Thesis 9

Rediscovering Race (I): The Particularity of Race 11

Rediscovering Race (II): Race and Society 13

Structured Racism in the Mass Society 16

Ethnicity, Race, and Racism 19

Connecting Globalization and Racism: Methodological Issues 21

Chapter 2 The Best and the Whitest: Racism and the Middle-Class Social Order, 1945-1975 31

The Rise of the Middle-Class Social Order, 1945-1975 32

The Erosion of Jim Crow Racism in the 1940s and 1950s 35

Suburbanization and the Structuring of Racial Privilege, 1945-1960 37

Mass Educational Credentials and the Structuring of Racial Privileges 42

Conclusion: The Structuring of Race and the Middle-Class Social Order 47

Part II Globalization and Racism

Chapter 3 Market Globalization and Social Crisis 57

Globalization, Technology, and Markets 58

Inequality and Market Globalization 63

Globalization and Immigration 68

Globalization and Nation-States 71

The Destabilization of the Middle-Class Social Order 75

Conclusion: Globalization and Racism 78

Chapter 4 It's "Ours": Globalization and the Racialization of Space 83

The Creation of Racialized Space in the United States 84

Globalization and the Unleashing of the White Suburbs 86

Trends of Globalization Undermining Localism 93

Localism on a World Scale: Anti-immigrant Politics and Globalization 95

Confusing the Global and the Local: The U.S. War on Terrorism 102

Conclusion: Contested Spaces, Contested Identities 104

Chapter 5 It's "Mine": Globalization, Racism, and the Erosion of Social Responsibility 109

Personal Wealth and Race 111

Individual Educational Achievement and Racism 115

The War on Crime, Individual Responsibility, and Racism 121

Conclusion: Structured Racism in the Era of Globalization 127

Part III Globalization and the Search for Racial Justice in the United States

Introduction to Part III: Finding Hope in the Era of Globalization 135

Chapter 6 Possible Futures of Racial Justice in the Global Era 139

Civil Rights, the Defense of Democracy, and Racial Justice 143

International Accords, Human Rights, and Racial Justice 147

Working-Class Solidarity and Antiracist Politics 152

Ethnic Politics and Globalization 156

Conclusion: The Possible Futures of Antiracist Politics in the Global Era 160

Chapter 7 Globalization and the Revitalization of the Civil Rights Movement 167

The Civil Rights Movement and the Middle-Class Social Order, 1955-1975 169

The Civil Rights Movement in the Era of Globalization 175

The Relationship between Community Power and State Power in the Era of Globalization 179

Case Study: The Campaign to Stop Proposition 209 in California, 1994-1996 184

Conclusion: Finding Hope in a Time of Fear 187.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index.

ISBN:

0742516180

0742516199

OCLC:

51223652