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    1. 'In my Liverpool home': an investigation into the institutionalised invisibility of Liverpool's black citizens

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Boyle,Bill (Author) and Charles,Marie (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    May 2012
    Published:
    Abingdon, UK: Taylor & Francis
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Education Policy
    Journal Title Details:
    27(3) : 335-348
    Notes:
    Reviewing the 22 years that have elapsed since Gifford's 1989 report labelled Liverpool as racist, the authors focus on the fact that in a city which has had a British African Caribbean community for over 400 years, there is minimum representation of that community in the city's workforce.

    2. Displacement and Disaster Recovery: Transnational Governance and Socio-legal Issues Following the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Sapat,Alka (Author) and Esnard,Ann-Margaret (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2012
    Published:
    United States: Berkeley Electronic Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Risks, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy
    Journal Title Details:
    3(1)
    Notes:
    The 2010 earthquake in Haiti and its aftermath have highlighted inherent but understudied transnational governance and socio-legal complexities of disaster recovery and displacement. This paper examines the key transnational governance and socio-legal issues that have arisen in the South Florida region for four distinct groups: (i) displacees and their related legal, social, cultural, and economic issues; (ii) host communities and governance, legal, and monetary complexities associated with compensation payments (e.g., to hospitals for their services to earthquake survivors); (iii) immigrants within the United States and related legalization and citizenship issues; and (iv) diaspora communities and socio-legal issues related to dual citizenship and their ongoing struggles to have a louder voice in the future of Haiti.

    3. Turf Wars: Local Context and Latino Political Development

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Bishin,Benjamin G. (Author), Kaufmann,Karen M. (Author), and Stevens,Daniel (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Jan 2012
    Published:
    United Kingdom: Sage Publications Ltd.
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Urban Affairs Review
    Journal Title Details:
    48(1) : 111-137
    Notes:
    Examines the voting behavior of Cubans and non-Cuban Hispanics in two Florida counties. The group position thesis holds that status inequalities and perceived discrimination yield out-group hostilities that can influence political behavior. In Miami, where Cubans are dominant, we expect non-Cuban Latinos to report greater pan-Latino competition and that anti-Cuban attitudes will influence non-Cuban Hispanic voting. In Tampa, where non-Cuban Latinos live in communities where Cubans are not dominant, we expect lower levels of perceived competition and Cuban-related attitudes to be inconsequential to the vote. The results confirm that power relations in the local arena constitute an important influence on the political behavior of Latino immigrants.