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The age of obama the changing place of minorities in British and American society.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [(c)2010.]Description: 1 online resource (177 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847792815
  • 1847792812
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E184.1 C535 2010
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Contents:
9780719082771; 9780719082771; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Tables, boxes and figures; Notes on the authors and contributors; 1 Introduction: the diversity revolution; 2 Two concepts in two countries: race and migration; 3 Home truths: how minorities live; 4 The rickety ladder of opportunity: minorities and work; 5 Mosaic or cracked vase? Diversity and community life; 6 Distorting mirrors: media framing and political debate; 7 Tidal generation: politics and deeper currentsin public opinion; 8 Concluding thoughts: making a success of the revolution; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: Drawing on collaborative research from a distinguished team at Harvard and Manchester universities, *The age of Obama* asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around the rich world. *Guardian* journalist Tom Clark, Robert D. Putnam? best-selling author of *Bowling alone*? and Manchester?s Edward Fieldhouse offer a wonderfully readable account. Like *Bowling alone*, *The age of Obama* mixes social scientific rigor with accessible charts and lively arguments. It will be enjoyed by politics, sociology and geography students, as well as by.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

9780719082771; 9780719082771; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Tables, boxes and figures; Notes on the authors and contributors; 1 Introduction: the diversity revolution; 2 Two concepts in two countries: race and migration; 3 Home truths: how minorities live; 4 The rickety ladder of opportunity: minorities and work; 5 Mosaic or cracked vase? Diversity and community life; 6 Distorting mirrors: media framing and political debate; 7 Tidal generation: politics and deeper currentsin public opinion; 8 Concluding thoughts: making a success of the revolution; Bibliography; Index.

Drawing on collaborative research from a distinguished team at Harvard and Manchester universities, *The age of Obama* asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around the rich world. *Guardian* journalist Tom Clark, Robert D. Putnam? best-selling author of *Bowling alone*? and Manchester?s Edward Fieldhouse offer a wonderfully readable account. Like *Bowling alone*, *The age of Obama* mixes social scientific rigor with accessible charts and lively arguments. It will be enjoyed by politics, sociology and geography students, as well as by.

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