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  • After Race

    Racism After Multiculturalism

    by Antonia Darder, Rodolfo D. Torres ...
    After Race pushes us beyond the old "race vs. class" debates to delve deeper into the structural conditions that spawn racism. Darder and Torres place the study of racism forthrightly within the context of contemporary capitalism. While agreeing with those who have argued that the concept of "race" does not have biological validity, they go further to insist that the concept also holds little ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Race Defaced

    Paradigms of Pessimism, Politics of Possibility

    by Rodolfo Torres, Christopher Kyriakides ...
    From Manifest Destiny to the White Man's Burden, Harold Macmillan to Tony Blair, and John F. Kennedy to Barack Obama—the historical development of racial doctrine has been closely connected to the relationship between radical and conservative politics. This book compares different forms of racism and anti-racism in the United States and Great Britain from the 19th century to today, situating the ... Read more

    $35.19 CAD

  • Latino Urbanism

    The Politics of Planning, Policy and Redevelopment

    Edited by David R. Diaz, Rodolfo D. Torres ...
    The nation’s Latina/o population has now reached over 50 million, or 15% of the estimated total U.S. population of 300 million, and a growing portion of the world’s population now lives and works in cities that are increasingly diverse. Latino Urbanism provides the first national perspective on Latina/o urban policy, addressing a wide range of planning policy issues that impact both Latinas/os in ... Read more

    $31.89 CAD

  • Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays

    Studies in Political Economy

    by Mario Barrera ...
    In Race and Class in the Southwest and Other Essays, Mario Barrera puts forth his seminal theory of racial inequality based on a synthesis of class and colonial analysis, together with several essays and selections from Barrera’s memoir that show how his thinking developed throughout his work.Reprinted here for the first time after becoming a modern classic of Chicano studies, Race and Class in ... Read more

    $81.06 CAD

  • Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures

    Edited by Erualdo González Romero, Ashley C. Hernandez, Rodolfo D. Torres, Michelle E. Zuñiga ...
    Gentrification is one of the most debilitating—and least understood—issues in American cities today. Scholars and community activists adjoin in Gentrification, Displacement, and Alternative Futures to engage directly and critically with the issue of gentrification and to address its impacts on marginalized, materially exploited, and displaced communities.Authors in this collection begin to unpack ... Read more

    $79.69 CAD

  • Latino Social Movements

    Historical and Theoretical Perspectives

    Edited by Rodolfo D. Torres ...
    Latinos make up the fastest growing population segment in the US, and by the middle of the next century, they will outnumber all other minority groups combined. Even more significant is the fact that within a few years, Latinos will number more than a quarter of the nation's work force; this is more than three times their proportion in the general population.Latino Social Movements discusses the ... Read more

    $48.08 CAD

  • New American Destinies

    A Reader in Contemporary Asian and Latino Immigration

    Edited by Darrell Hamamoto, Rodolfo D. Torres ...
    The essays gathered here discuss theoretical and policy issues and themes such as the political and economic context of migration, job competition, labor organizing, changing ethnic and "race" relations, immigrant women in the economy and contemporary immigration politics and contribute to our understanding of the historical and contemporary dimensions of Asian and Latino migration in a changing ... Read more

    $118.17 CAD

  • The Latino Question

    Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left

    by Armando Ibarra, Alfredo Carlos, Rodolfo D Torres ...
    While so many Latino/Chicano Americans struggle in pursuit of the 'American dream', while figures such as Donald Trump are accepted in mainstream politics, and scaremongering and paranoia is rife, the need for a vivid, empirically grounded study on Latino politics, culture and society has never been greater.The Latino Question fulfils this need, offering a cutting-edge analysis of the ... Read more

    $27.49 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Capitalism and Critique

    Unruly Democracy and Solidarity Economics

    by Edward Martin, Rodolfo Torres, Mateo Pimentel ...
    While there are signs of recovery from recent economic collapses, relatively few protective measures are in place in the United States to prevent future crises and widespread destruction of livelihoods around the globe.This book, a follow-up and further development of Martin’s and Torres’ ideas in their acclaimed Savage State: Welfare Capitalism and Inequality, contains a synthesis and critique of ... Read more

    $83.81 CAD

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    Lawyers, Economists, and the Contest to Transform Latin American States

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    How does globalization work? Focusing on Latin America, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth show that exports of expertise and ideals from the United States to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico have played a crucial role in transforming their state forms and economies since World War II.Based on more than 300 extensive interviews with major players in governments, foundations, law firms, ... Read more

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  • Latin American Politics and Society

    by Gerardo L. Munck, Juan Pablo Luna ...
    Taking a fresh thematic approach to politics and society in Latin America, this introductory textbook analyzes the region's past and present in an accessible and engaging style well-suited to undergraduate students. The book provides historical insights into modern states and critical issues they are facing, with insightful analyses that are supported by empirical data, maps and timelines. Drawing ... Read more

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  • Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders

    Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century

    by Yvette M Alex-Assensoh, Prof. Rodney E. Hero Sr., Ph.D., Prof. Ronald Schmidt Sr., Ph.D., Prof. Andrew L. Aoki, Ph.D., Prof. Ronald Schmidt Sr. Sr., Ph.D. ...
    Series series The Politics Of Race And Ethnicity
    Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio of European to non-European newcomers changed, but recent arrivals are coming from the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South America, and other regions which have not previously supplied many immigrants to the United States. In this timely study, a team of ... Read more

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