The Age of Obama: The Changing Place of Minorities in British and American Society

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Main Details

Title The Age of Obama: The Changing Place of Minorities in British and American Society
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tom Clark
By (author) Robert D. Putnam
By (author) Edward Fieldhouse
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
ISBN/Barcode 9780719082771
ClassificationsDewey:305.800941
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Illustrations, black & white

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 1 March 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Drawing on collaborative research from a distinguished team at Harvard and Manchester universities, The age of Obama asks how two very different societies are responding to the tide of diversity that is being felt around the rich world. Guardian journalist Tom Clark, Robert D. Putnam - best-selling author of Bowling alone - and Manchester's Edward Fieldhouse offer a wonderfully readable account. Like Bowling alone, The age of Obama mixes social scientific rigor with accessible charts and lively arguments. It will be enjoyed by politics, sociology and geography students, as well as by anyone else with an interest in ethnic relations. Injustice, it turns out, still blight lives of many UK and US minorities - particularly African Americans. And there are signs the new diversity strains community life. Yet in both countries, public opinion is running irreversibly in favour of tolerance. That augurs well for the future - and suggests a British Obama cannot be ruled out. -- .

Author Biography

Tom Clark writes editorials for The Guardian Robert D. Putnam is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. He is also Visiting Professor and Director of the Manchester Graduate Summer Programme in Social Change, University of Manchester Edward Fieldhouse is Professor of Social and Political Science and Director of the Institute for Social Change at the University of Manchester