Ethnic and Racial Minorities in Advanced Industrial Democracies

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• Recent Titles In Contributions in Ethnic Studies ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures and Tables ix
• Series Foreword xi
• Preface xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part I Immigration Policy And Ethnic Tolerance 15
• 1: The Consequences of Immigration Policies For Immigrant Status 17
• 2 Migration to Advanced Industrial Democracies: Socioeconomic and Political Factors in the Making of Minorities in The Federal Republic of Germany (1955-1988) Barbara Schmitter Heisler 33
• 3: Public Acceptance of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. a Comparative Analysis Marilyn Hoskin and Roy Fitzgerald 49
• 4: Sociopolitical Context and Ethnic Consciousness in France and The United States 67
• Part Ii Minorities, Politics, and the State 89
• 5: Did Minority Gains Begin to Disappear In the 1980s? a Four Nation Study 91
• 6 Bad Politics and Bad Social Policy: A Half-Century of Isolation 105
• 7 Minority Representation and City Council Electoral Systems: A Black And Hispanic Comparison 127

• Recent Titles In Contributions in Ethnic Studies ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Figures and Tables ix
• Series Foreword xi
• Preface xiii
• Introduction 1
• Part I Immigration Policy And Ethnic Tolerance 15
• 1: The Consequences of Immigration Policies For Immigrant Status 17
• 2 Migration to Advanced Industrial Democracies: Socioeconomic and Political Factors in the Making of Minorities in The Federal Republic of Germany (1955-1988) Barbara Schmitter Heisler 33
• 3: Public Acceptance of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. a Comparative Analysis Marilyn Hoskin and Roy Fitzgerald 49
• 4: Sociopolitical Context and Ethnic Consciousness in France and The United States 67
• Part Ii Minorities, Politics, and the State 89
• 5: Did Minority Gains Begin to Disappear In the 1980s? a Four Nation Study 91
• 6 Bad Politics and Bad Social Policy: A Half-Century of Isolation 105
• 7 Minority Representation and City Council Electoral Systems: A Black And Hispanic Comparison 127
• Appendix 140
• 8: Voting for Minority Candidates In Local British and American Elections 143
• Part Iii Political Consciousness, Organization, And Participation 159
• 9: Minority Consciousness and Political Action 161
• 10: The Organizational and Strategic Consequences of Reaganomics Among Latinos 185
• 11: Ethnicity as a Political Tool in Britain And the Netherlands 201
• Part Iv Conflict Resolution And Public Policy 223
• 12: Territorial Devolution as a Strategy To Resolve Ethnic Conflict 225
• 13: Language Policy and the Pursuit Of Equality 247
• 14 What Kind of Bilingualism for Canada: Personal or Territorial? the Demographic Factor 265
• Conclusion 279
• Notes 297
• Index 343
• Contributors and Editors 355