Ethnic identity and power
Subtitle: cultural contexts of political action in school and society
By: edited by Yali Zou and Enrique T. Trueba.
Contributors: Zou, Yali.; Trueba, Enrique T., 1931-
Series: SUNY series, power, social identity, and education
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Minorities -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies.; Ethnicity -- Cross-cultural studies.; Critical pedagogy -- Cross-cultural studies.; Politics and education -- Cross-cultural studies.
Description: The relationship between ethnic identity and power has important consequences in a modern world that is changing rapidly through global immigration trends. Studies of ethnic/racial conflict of ethnic identity and power become necessarily studies of political power, social status, school achievement, and allocation of resources. The recognition of power by an ethnic group, however, creates a competition for control and a rivalry for power over public arenas, such as schools.

In this context this book provides interesting and important insights into the dilemmas faced by immigrants and members of ethnic groups, by school personnel, and by policy makers. The first part of the book consists of comparative studies of ethnic identity. The second part focuses directly on some of the lessons learned from social science research on ethnic identification and the critical study of equity, with its implications for pedagogy.

An interdisciplinary group of scholars offers profoundly honest and stimulating accounts of their struggles to decipher self-identification processes in various political contexts, as well as their personal reflections on the study of ethnicity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.