This book examines the evolution of race and democracy in the global context since World War II. Howard Winant explores the transformation of racial politics, the rise of social movements, and the challenges posed by racial inequality in modern democratic societies. Through historical and comparative analysis, the author argues that race has become a central issue in contemporary global politic…
Black Power is Richard Wright’s powerful travel narrative documenting his journey through the Gold Coast (now Ghana) during the rise of African nationalism. Through firsthand observation, Wright explores colonial structures, racial politics, cultural identity, and the struggles of African people toward independence. Blending reportage, political analysis, and personal reflection, the book pro…
Rhodesia: Racial Conflict or Coexistence? examines the political and racial tensions in Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe) during the late colonial period. Patrick O’Meara analyzes the historical roots of racial conflict, the development of white minority rule, and the rise of African nationalist movements. The book discusses the prospects for racial coexistence, the impact of economic and political …
To their many detractors, Afrikaners are impractical, wild-eyed, racist fanatics. To their less numerous supporters, they are fervent anti-Communist crusaders, safeguarding stability and progress at the tip of the 'dark continent'. These strongly held, politically charged, and incompatible views make it virtually impossible for outsiders to distance themselves sufficiently, both intellectually …
"The Year of Birmingham," 1963, was a cataclysmic turning point in America's long civil rights struggle. That spring, child demonstrators faced down police dogs and fire hoses in huge nonviolent marches for desegregation. A few months later, Ku Klux Klansmen retaliated by bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and killing four young black girls. Diane McWhorter, journalist and daughter of …
South Africa's transformation from apartheid to a non-racial democracy has been called a miracle. But behind the public story lies another, the story of how the Afrikaners' own secret brotherhood, the Broderbund, saw the need for change and met secretly with the ANC in an English village
The chief purpose of public policy in New Zealand in relation to the Maori must be the creation of constitutional-political structures and processes which enable the Pakeha and the Maori (as well as the other ethnic components) to live in peace and harmony, and which facilitate the growth, in the long run, of an integrated new nation based on Western as well as on Maori ways of life and values