Human Relations Commissions : : Relieving Racial Tensions in the American City / / Brian Calfano, Valerie Martinez-Ebers.
During the 1950s, amid increased attention to the problems facing cities—such as racial disparities in housing, education, and economic conditions; tense community-police relations; and underrepresentation of minority groups—local governments developed an interest in “human relations.” In the wake o...
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Martinez-Ebers, Valerie, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Human Relations Commissions : Relieving Racial Tensions in the American City / Brian Calfano, Valerie Martinez-Ebers. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2020] ©2019 1 online resource : 15 b&w figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: TOO BIG A TASK? -- 1. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS: CREATIVITY IN CONSTRAINT -- 2. THE HISTORY OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS IN AMERICA -- 3. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED HUMAN RELATIONS EFFORTS -- 4. THE HUMANS WHO MUST RELATE -- 5. EXPERIMENTING WITH THE DYNAMICS OF INTERGROUP IDENTITY -- 6. REPORTING AND RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY -- 7. IMAGINING HUMAN RELATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star During the 1950s, amid increased attention to the problems facing cities—such as racial disparities in housing, education, and economic conditions; tense community-police relations; and underrepresentation of minority groups—local governments developed an interest in “human relations.” In the wake of the shocking 1965 Watts uprising, a new authority was created: the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission. Today, such commissions exist all over the United States, charged with addressing such tasks as fighting racial discrimination and improving fair housing access.Brian Calfano and Valerie Martinez-Ebers examine the history and current efforts of human relations commissions in promoting positive intergroup outcomes and enforcing antidiscrimination laws. Drawing on a wide range of theories and methods from political science, social psychology, and public administration, they assess policy approaches, successes, and failures in four cities. The book sheds light on the advantages and disadvantages of different commission types and considers the stresses and expectations placed on commission staff in carrying out difficult agendas in highly charged political contexts. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers suggest that the path to full inclusion is fraught with complications but that human rights commissions provide guidance as to how disparate groups can be brought together to forge a common purpose. The first book to examine these widely occurring yet understudied political bodies, Human Relations Commissions is relevant to a range of urban policy issues of interest to both academics and practitioners. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Civil rights United States. Discrimination Law and legislation United States. Racism United States. Social problems United States. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work. bisacsh Calfano, Brian, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 9783110710977 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English 9783110704716 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 9783110704518 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2020 English 9783110704723 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Sociology, Education, Psychology 2020 9783110704549 ZDB-23-SEW https://doi.org/10.7312/calf19100 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231549196 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231549196/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: TOO BIG A TASK? -- 1. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS: CREATIVITY IN CONSTRAINT -- 2. THE HISTORY OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS IN AMERICA -- 3. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED HUMAN RELATIONS EFFORTS -- 4. THE HUMANS WHO MUST RELATE -- 5. EXPERIMENTING WITH THE DYNAMICS OF INTERGROUP IDENTITY -- 6. REPORTING AND RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY -- 7. IMAGINING HUMAN RELATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: TOO BIG A TASK? -- 1. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS: CREATIVITY IN CONSTRAINT -- 2. THE HISTORY OF INTERGROUP RELATIONS IN AMERICA -- 3. ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIZED HUMAN RELATIONS EFFORTS -- 4. THE HUMANS WHO MUST RELATE -- 5. EXPERIMENTING WITH THE DYNAMICS OF INTERGROUP IDENTITY -- 6. REPORTING AND RESPONDING TO COMMUNITY -- 7. IMAGINING HUMAN RELATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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