Africana cultures and policy studies : scholarship and the transformation of public policy

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Africana cultures and policy studies : scholarship and the transformation of public policy

edited by Zachery Williams

(Contemporary Black history / Manning Marable and Peniel Joseph, series editors)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

  • : hbk

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This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field of study, rooted in the historical experience of people of African descent and focusing on policy development, anlaysis, and practical application.

Table of Contents

  • PART I: PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATIONS AND CULTURE CRITIQUES The Field and Function of African American Studies and Public Policy
  • N.Norment A Law Unto Themselves: Historical Consequences and Cultural Realities from the Neglect of Africana Studies in Policy-Making
  • S.Vaught Framing the Discussion of Racism
  • W.Reed PART II: URBAN CULTURE AND PUBLIC POLICY The Wire: Media Placement and Post-Industrial Landscapes
  • R.Smith & D.Smith Institutionalized Terror: A Social Systems Analysis of Police Brutality
  • Loretta Prater African American Administration of Predominately Black Schools: Segregation or Emancipation in Omaha, NE
  • T.A.Johnson et al. PART III: GENDER AND POLICY CONSTRUCTION Born to Rebel and Born to Excel: Black Religious Intellectuals, Benjamin E. Mays, and the Development of Black Male Leadership
  • Z.Williams America Has the Laws and Material Resources to Ensure Justice for All: Historical Trajectory of Legal Critique and Experiential Voice in Black Women's Political Activism
  • G.Childs The Policy of Dating: The Effect of Romantic Relationships on African American Adolescents
  • K.Phelps et al. Gender and Culture: The Shaping of British Colonial Educational Policy in West Africa
  • T.Jabbaar-Gyambrah PART IV: AFRICAN/AFRICAN DIASPORAN CULTURE, IMMIGRATION, AND POLICY A History of Black Immigrations into the United States and Canada with Culture and Policy Implications
  • B.M'aye et al. Speaking of Africa and Singing of Home: The Trope of Africa in African American Historiography
  • T.Lake

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