Reiter,Bernd (Editor) and Mitchell,Gladys L. (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2010
Published:
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
251 p., Tackles issues ranging from white privilege to black power, from government policy to popular advocacy, and from historical injustices to recent victories. Includes Gladys L. Mitchell's "Politicizing blackness : Afro-Brazilian color identification and candidate preference," Angela Figueiredo's "Out of place : the experience of the black middle class," Mónica Treviño González's "Opportunities and challenges for the Afro-Brazilian movement," Keisha-Khan Y. Perry's "Racialized history and urban politics : black women's wisdom in grassroots struggles," Sales Augusto dos Santos' "Black NGOs and 'conscious' rap : new agents of the antiracism struggle in Brazil," Fernando Conceição's "Power and black organizing in Brazil," and Renato Emerson dos Santos' "New social activism : university entry courses for black and poor students."
Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
4 p., The growing violence and instability in Mexico and the Caribbean will clearly demand greater attention from the United States in the future. This conference, held at the University of Pittsburgh campus on October 28-30, 2009 offered an important opportunity to assess these threats, and to consider what can be done to counter them. Includes chapter "Perspectives on the Caribbean."
"Some aspects of media-government relationships that are explored are mass media ownership policies, and economic, legislative, and physical constraints upon the press." (author)
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
332 p, Introduction : the contours of modern Caribbean politics / Anthony Payne, Paul Sutton -- Liberal economics versus electoral politics in Jamaica / Anthony Payne -- Democracy and disillusionment in the Dominican Republic / Jan Knippers Black -- The Duvalier dictatorship and its legacy of crisis in Haiti / James Ferguson -- Race, politics, and succession in Trinidad and Guyana / Ralph R. Premdas -- The march of militarization in Suriname / Peter Meel -- Revolution, democracy, and regional integration in the Eastern Caribbean / Tony Thorndike -- The Grenadian revolution in retrospect / Courtney Smith -- Political economy and foreign policy in Puerto Rico / Jorge Heine, Juan M. Garcia-Passalacqua -- The odyssey of revolution in Cuba / H. Michael Erisman -- Domestic policy, the external environment, and the economic crisis in the Caribbean / Ramesh F. Ramsaran -- The offshore Caribbean Anthony P. Maingot -- U.S. intervention, regional security, and militarization in the Caribbean / Paul Sutton.;
State University of New York at Binghamton (Author) and Center for Comparative Political Research (Author)
Format:
Monograph
Publication Date:
2007-
Published:
Binghamton, NY: Center for Social Analysis Pub
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
Published by: CSA Publications, 1984-2002; CQ Press, Washington, D.C., 2005-/ Latest issue consulted: 2007./ Published 1975- for the Council on Foreign Relations; 1976-1976 with the Center for Comparative Political Research, State University of New York at Binghamton; 1977- with the Center for Social Analysis, State University of New York at Binghamton; 1984/85 with the Center for Social Analysis, State University of New York at Binghamton; 1986- with the Center for Education and Social Research, State University of New York at Binghamton./ Published 1984/85-1987 for the Council on Foreign Relations; 1984/85-1984/85 with the Center for Social Analysis, State University of New York at Binghamton; 1986- with the Center for Education and Social Research, State University of New York at Binghamton.
Hooker,Juliet (Author) and Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Notre Dame, Ind: The Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
27 p, "This paper analyzes autonomy regimes in Latin America, or rather the lack thereof....Nicaragua is one of the few countries in the region (as well as one of the first) where territorial political autonomy for regions inhabited by Afro-descendant and indigenous groups were [sic] adopted by the national state and enshrined at the level of constitutional law."--Abstract.
