The new politics of race : globalism, difference, justice / Howard Winant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winant, Howard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race relations.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It isn't uncommon to hear now that race hardly matters anymore-that we've somehow gotten beyond it. In the face of such pronouncements, and the misconceptions that prompt them, this book aims to show precisely why and how race has always been, and remains, absolutely fundamental to modern politics. Howard Winant, one of the leading sociologists of race and ethnicity working today, clearly locates race at the crossroads of identity and social structure, where difference frames inequality and where political processes operate with a comprehensiveness that ranges from the world-historical to the

Contents:

Contents; Introduction. The Racial Present: State, Society, Identity; Part I. U.S. Racial Politics; One Hundred Years of Racial Politics; Dialectics of the Veil; Racism Today: Continuity and Change in the Post-Civil Rights United States; Behind Blue Eyes: Contemporary White Racial Politics; Teaching Race and Racism in the Twenty-first Century; Part II. Comparative Racial Studies; Babylon System: The Continuity of Slavery; The Modern World Racial System; Reaching the Limits of Reform: Postapartheid South Africa and Post-Civil Rights United States

Durban, Globalization, and the World after 9/11: Toward a New PoliticsThe New Imperialism, Globalization, and Racism; Part III. Racial Theory; One Hundred Years of Racial Theory; Racial Dualism at Century's End; What Can Racial Theory Tell Us about Social Theory?; Conclusion: Racial Politics in the Twenty-first Century; Acknowledgments; Notes; Works Cited; Publication History; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9558-X

OCLC:

476095558