Phillip J Cooper

Civil Rights in Public Service

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through an engaging exploration of edited court cases, legislation, and speeches, this text examines the civil rights law and policy pertaining to African Americans, Native Americans, Latino/Latinas, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities, to learn what civil rights require, but also to come to a more empathetic understanding of how different groups of people understand civil rights and the unique challenges they face.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 628
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 257mm x 180mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1315g
• ISBN-13: 9781138856523
• ISBN-10: 1138856525
• Artikelnr.: 45662220

Autorenporträt

Phillip J. Cooper is a Professor of Public Administration at the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government at Portland State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Miles' Law and the Challenge of Civil Rights in the United States
2. From the Heritage of African American Slavery to Modern Civil Rights
Protection
3. From Plessy to Brown: Momentous Years in the Struggle
4. Beyond Brown v. Board: Politics, Policy, and Problems
5. The Native American Perspective: Toward Civil Rights from Conquest, But
a Long Way from That Goal
6. Continuing Challenges for Native Americans: Problems Continue Despite
Civil Rights Gains for Others
7. Natural Resources and Native Spirituality: A Different Kind of Civil
Rights Claim
8. Civil Rights from a Latino Perspective
9. Critical Contemporary Issues in Latino Civil Rights
10. Gender Discrimination: The Rise of So-called Middle Standard
11. Civil Rights and Sexual Orientation and Identity
12. Civil Rights and Disabilities in America: Paternalism, Discrimination,
or Equality?
13. Now the Work Begins: The Agenda for Policy and Practice Going Forward