Title Africana cultures and policy studies : scholarship and the transformation of public policy / edited by Zachery Williams

Edition 1st ed Published New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (x, 281 pages) Series Contemporary Black history Contemporary Black history. Contents The Field and Function of African American Studies and Public Policy / Nathaniel Norment -- A Law Unto Themselves: Historical Consequences and Cultural Realities from the Neglect of Africana Studies in Policy-Making / Seneca Vaught -- Framing the Discussion of Racism / Wornie Reed -- The Wire: Media Placement and Post-Industrial Landscapes / Robert Smith and Debra 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 / Tekla Ali Johnson et al. -- Born to Rebel and Born to Excel: Black Religious Intellectuals, Benjamin E. Mays, and the Development of Black Male Leadership / Zachery 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 / Greg Childs -- The Policy of Dating: The Effect of Romantic Relationships on African American Adolescents / Kenyatta Phelps et al. -- Gender and Culture: The Shaping of British Colonial Educational Policy in West Africa / Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah -- A History of Black Immigrations into the United States and Canada with Culture and Policy Implications / Babacar M'aye et al. -- Speaking of Africa and Singing of Home: The Trope of Africa in African American Historiography / Tim Lake Summary This book introduces Africana Cultures and Policy Studies as an interdisciplinary field, rooted in the historical experience of people of African descent. Intentionally, these essays seek to canonize Africana historical studies for the purposes of policy development, analysis, and practical application. Africana Cultures and Policy Studies calls for a relocation and synthesis of policy-derived research emanating from public and private culture spheres. In the process, its goal is to use history and culture to engage the policy process from a top-down and bottom-up approach, thereby dissolving the previously impenetrable divides between theory and practice, academics and policymakers, and community constituencies and related social/civic institutions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject African Americans -- Government policy African Americans -- Politics and government. African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies. African Americans -- Government policy African Americans -- Politics and government African Americans -- Social conditions Race relations SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Williams, Zachery, 1974- ISBN 9780230622098 0230622097 0230602800 9780230602809 9781349371150 1349371157 1282532545 9781282532540 9786612532542 6612532548

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