American cultural pluralism and law, 3d ed.0275986926 American cultural pluralism and law, 3d ed. Norgren, Jill and Serena Nanda. Praeger 2006 287 pages $97.95 Hardcover KF4755 As in previous editions, the central theme of this work concerns the negotiations between the law and the many subcultures that make up US society. The authors (emeriti professors of government and anthropology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice John Jay College of Criminal Justice: see New York, City University of. ) present the material thematically. They address issues of race and ethnicity by looking at Native Americans and land issues, issues of Native Hawaiian and Puerto Rican sovereignty, the struggle for African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. civil rights, and Latino immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. . Religion is discussed as it relates to legal struggles of the Mormons and the Amish to define their own ways of life, the "culture wars" in American Schools, and Rastafarian and Native American ritual use of illicit drugs. Addressing gender, two chapters discuss women's rights The effort to secure equal rights for women and to remove gender discrimination from laws, institutions, and behavioral patterns. The women's rights movement began in the nineteenth century with the demand by some women reformers for the right to vote, known as suffrage, and and gay marriage. A final section on community and citizenship discusses anti-discrimination campaigns by people with disabilities and homeless people, Japanese internment, and the antagonistic relationship between cultural pluralism and the "war on terror This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. For other conflicts, see Terrorism. The War on Terror (also known as the War on Terrorism ." ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion