The Politics of Race: Canada, the United States, and Australia

by Jill Vickers, Annette Isaac

Overview

The Politics of Race is an excellent resource for students and general readers seeking to learn about race policies and legislation. Arguing that 'states make race,' it provides a unique comparison of the development and construction of race in three white settler societies — Canada, the United States, and Australia.

This timely new edition focuses on the politics of race after 9/11 and Barack Obama's election as president of the United States. Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac explore how state-sanctioned race discrimination has intensified in the wake of heightened security. It also explains the new race formation of Islamophobia in all three countries, and the shifts in how Hispanics and Asian Americans are being treated in the United States. As race and politics become increasingly intertwined in both academic and popular discourse, The Politics of Race aids readers in evaluating different approaches for promoting racial justice and transforming states.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442693982
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	06/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Jill Vickers is Distinguished Research Professor and Emeritus Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University.
Annette Isaac is a faculty lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Carleton University and a former international development specialist.

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition

Introduction. The Politics of Race in Three Settler States.

Chapter One. Foundational Race Regimes — Internal Colonialism and Slavery

Chapter Two. Subsequent Race Regimes — Segregation and Whites-only Nationalism

Chapter Three.  Immigration Policies and Multiculturalism

Chapter Four. Federalism and  Electoral Systems

Chapter Five.  Bottom-Up Approaches to Change

Chapter Six.  Top-Down approaches to Change

Chapter Seven. The Meaning of Words.

Notes

Appendix

References

Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

‘Holding tremendous value for both the classroom and research, The Politics of Race is a solid model of comparative work. Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac do an excellent job providing a historical institutional analysis of race politics across three states and considering possible changes from above and below. Clearly written and presented, with terms well defined in both the text and glossary, Politics of Race is an important and valuable intervention into the political science literature.’

‘A clearly laid out and very instructive book, The Politics of Race is an important contribution to the comparative study of race in the social sciences. Through noteworthy new ideas and useful concepts, Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac make an excellent case for why issues of race cannot be ignored by political scientists.’

Henry Codjoe

‘A clearly laid out and very instructive book, The Politics of Race is an important contribution to the comparative study of race in the social sciences. Through noteworthy new ideas and useful concepts, Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac make an excellent case for why issues of race cannot be ignored by political scientists.’

Yasmeen Abu-Laban

‘Holding tremendous value for both the classroom and research, The Politics of Race is a solid model of comparative work. Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac do an excellent job providing a historical institutional analysis of race politics across three states and considering possible changes from above and below. Clearly written and presented, with terms well defined in both the text and glossary, Politics of Race is an important and valuable intervention into the political science literature.’

Editorial Reviews

‘Holding tremendous value for both the classroom and research, The Politics of Race is a solid model of comparative work. Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac do an excellent job providing a historical institutional analysis of race politics across three states and considering possible changes from above and below. Clearly written and presented, with terms well defined in both the text and glossary, Politics of Race is an important and valuable intervention into the political science literature.’—Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor and Associate Chair (Research), Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
‘A clearly laid out and very instructive book, The Politics of Race is an important contribution to the comparative study of race in the social sciences. Through noteworthy new ideas and useful concepts, Jill Vickers and Annette Isaac make an excellent case for why issues of race cannot be ignored by political scientists.’—Henry Codjoe, Department of Social Sciences and School of Education, Dalton State College, Dalton State College

From the Publisher