MAJORITY–MINORITY RELATIONS

Abstract

(NOTE: Each chapter ends with a Summary and Conclusion.) 1. Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts. 2. Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes. 3. Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important? 4. Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models. 5. Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality. 6. Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States. 7. Minority Group Movements and Values and Contemporary Intergroup Relations. 8. Cross-cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations. 9. The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today. 10. The American Economic System and the Status of Minority Groups Today. 11. The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations. 12. Education and American Minority Groups. 13. Majority-Minority Relations Based on Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Disability. 14. Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations. 15. Affirmative Action and Other Issues for the Future of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States.