Racial ConsciousnessThis book examines the ways in which words such as race and racism are employed. Professor Banton adopts a comparative approach in discussing race relations and provides an introduction to the new and rather more technical vocabulary which permits a firmer grasp of the complexities than the words and images of popular discourse allow. introductory courses in social sciences. However, its approach to this hotly disputed subject should also make it a valuable introduction for all those, such as teachers, who have a professional interest in race relations. |
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... structure . In South Africa racial classification was reinforced by the new bureaucratic structures . They made it impossible for people to enter into social relations until the status of the other party was known because that ...
... structure . In South Africa racial classification was reinforced by the new bureaucratic structures . They made it impossible for people to enter into social relations until the status of the other party was known because that ...
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... structures , both modifying them and being modified by them . They interact similarly with consciousness , so consciousness , structure , and process constitute a kind of triangle . Of the three points of this triangle , consciousness ...
... structures , both modifying them and being modified by them . They interact similarly with consciousness , so consciousness , structure , and process constitute a kind of triangle . Of the three points of this triangle , consciousness ...
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... structure , and process ; the variables of territory , constitutional rights , and relative size are structural features ; the commitment of minority members to their own groups and their adoption of the majority's values can be ...
... structure , and process ; the variables of territory , constitutional rights , and relative size are structural features ; the commitment of minority members to their own groups and their adoption of the majority's values can be ...
Contents
Accounting for differences | 16 |
Groups and individuals | 29 |
Peoples and states | 44 |
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