Overview
- Combines subjective case studies with personal interviews to provide a comprehensive analysis
- Studies multiculturalism from three respects: multi-national, multi-religious, and multi-racial
- Concluding chapters provide analysis and applications for real world scenarios
Part of the book series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice (CSRP)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Theoretical Foundations: An Analysis of the Place of Race, Culture, and Diversity in American Society
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Data Analysis: Hearing the Voices of Persons From Culturally Diverse Families
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Applying Our Knowledge: Incorporating Multi-Culturalism Into Social Policies and Programs
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About this book
The 21st century sees an increasing number of cultural minorities in the United States. Particularly, the rise in multi-cultural or mixed heritage families is on the rise. As with many trends, just as the amount of diversity increases, so does the level of resistance in groups that oppose this diversity.
While this problem exists through life for persons from multicultural backgrounds, the tension is particularly acute for children, whose identities and socialization experiences are still in formation. With parents from different cultural backgrounds, as well as school and community experiences giving that might question their diverse heritage, children are likely to experience distressing confusion. How can they come to terms with this conflict, and how can family and community help them to resolve it?
Combining case studies and interviews, this work particularly focuses on multi-cultural families as a yet untapped source of information about inter-culture contact. Voices of Diversity: Multiculturalism in America will be both a resource for researchers and practitioners, as well as a practical guide to families dealing with these issues every day.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Voices of Diversity
Book Subtitle: Multi-culturalism in America
Authors: Mary C. Sengstock
Series Title: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89666-3
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-89665-6Published: 12 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2801-6Published: 06 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-89666-3Published: 05 March 2009
Series ISSN: 1566-7847
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 315