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Item Details
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INTERRACIAL CONTACT AND SOCIAL CHANGE
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| By: |
George Yancey |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£48.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1588265080 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781588265081 |
| Publisher: |
LYNNE RIENNER PUBLISHERS INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2007 |
| Pages: |
190 |
| Description: |
Evaluates the controversial "contact hypothesis". This title explores if and when interracial contact can combat the racial animosity and inequality permeating US society. It demonstrates that extensive interactions with people of color can alter the racial attitudes of whites. |
| Synopsis: |
In this thought-provoking analysis, George Yancey reevaluates the controversial "contact hypothesis" as he explores if and when interracial contact can combat the racial animosity and inequality permeating US society. Yancey draws on quantitative and qualitative investigations of interracial religious congregations, families, and friendships to demonstrate that extensive interactions with people of color can alter the racial attitudes of whites. In the process, he challenges the assumption that contact necessarily results in people of color assimilating white values and culture: it may strengthen their socio-economic positions, but it does not subvert their racial identity. Contact, Yancey concludes, is not a panacea for society's racial ills...but it is a vital supplement to the structural changes that must occur. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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