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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Prof Valerie Martinez-Ebers , Prof. Brian CalfanoPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press ISBN: 9780231191012ISBN 10: 0231191014 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 08 September 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Too Big a Task? 1. Human Relations Commissions: Creativity in Constraint 2. The History of Intergroup Relations in America 3. Origins and Development of Organized Human Relations Efforts 4. The Humans Who Must Relate 5. Experimenting with the Dynamics of Intergroup Identity 6. Reporting and Responding to Community 7. Imagining Human Relations for the Future Appendix Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsFilling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors' varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El Paso Human Relations Commissions provides historical and practical details on beginning, continuing, and expanding human relations commissions. Calfano and Martinez-Ebers aptly highlight the tools necessary for engaging and identifying potential partners to promote good relations in any community. -- Beverly Watts, former president of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and executive director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission Calfano and Martinez-Ebers have provided needed focus on local policy making by turning to human relations commissions and examining the effects of their work-not just on the communities they are created to serve but also on the leaders themselves who invest so greatly in the effort of making our pluralistic society more congenial. This is important work. -- Gary Segura, dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA Human Relations Commissions presents an important application of bureaucracy and public administration literatures. This in-depth assessment demonstrates that staffers embody values that are critical in making both governments and neighborhoods fair and responsive to diverse constituencies. This book should be required reading for those interested in equity, public values, and the role of local governments. -- Kenneth J. Meier, coauthor of <i> The Politics of African American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational Equity</i> Filling a canyon-like void in political science, urban studies, policy and administration, and more, Human Relations Commissions opens a whole new world to the relationship of HRCs and municipal governments. The synthesis of the authors' varied methodologies and research orientations has created a fascinating book. -- John Bretting, University of Texas at El Paso Author InformationBrian Calfano is associate professor of political science and journalism at the University of Cincinnati. He is a former policy advisor for the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission, and his many publications include A Matter of Discretion: The Politics of Catholic Priests in the United States and Ireland (2017) and Muslims, Identity, and American Politics (2018). Valerie Martinez-Ebers is director of the Latina/o and Mexican American Studies program and University Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. A former editor of the American Political Science Review, she is coauthor of Políticas: Latina Public Officials in Texas (2008); Latino Lives in America: Making It Home (2010); and Latinos in the New Millennium: An Almanac of Opinion, Behavior, and Policy Preferences (2012), among other works. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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