Cultural diversity and the empowerment of minorities. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Majid Al-Haj and Rosemarie Mielke ; in association with Inke Du Bois, Nina Smidt and Sivan Spitzer Shohat.
• Editors: Al Haj, Majid; Mielke, Rosemarie; Du Bois, Inke; Smidt, Nina; Spitzer Shohat, Sivan
• Contents: List of Figures and Tables; Preface Introduction: Education, Multiculturalism, and Empowerment of Minorities – An Overview; Majid Al-Haj and Rosemarie Mielke PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEW Chapter 1. Stories of Struggle: Transnational Advocacy and Democracy Education; Gordon Mitchell Chapter 2. What's Going on between Members of Majorities and Minorities? Contributions from Social Psychology; Rosemarie Mielke Chapter 3. Talking at Cross-purposes: Misunderstanding in Intercultural Communication; Juliane House PART II: THE ISRAELI CASE Chapter 4. A Curriculum between Conflict and Peace: The Teaching of History in Jewish and Arab Schools in Israel; Majid Al-Haj Chapter 5. The Evolving Arab Reception of the Holocaust and Palestinian Textbooks: A Contribution to Democracy and Peace Education?; Schirin Fathi Chapter 6. Police–minority Relations in a Multicultural Society: The Israeli Case; Badi Hasisi Chapter 7. On the Central Role of "Threat Perception" in Mediating the Influence of Socioeconomic Factors on Xenophobic Attitudes; Eran Halperin, Daphna Canetti-Nisim, and Ami Pedahzur Chapter 8. A Multimedia Lexicon as a Tool for Increasing Societal Tolerance; Oz Almog and Tami Almog ; Chapter 9. When Gender Differences Surpass Cultural Differences in Personal Satisfaction with Body Shape in Israeli College Students; Marilyn P. Safir, Shimrit Flaisher-Kellner, and Amir Rosenmann Chapter 10. Postcolonial Feminism, the Politics of Identification, and the Liberal Bargain; Amalia Sa'ar PART III: THE GERMAN CASE Chapter 11. Acculturation Attitudes and Bilingual Classrooms in Germany. The Portuguese–German Example; Joana Duarte Chapter 12. "Not Always Proud to be American": The Reconstruction of National Identity by Americans Residing in Germany; Inke Du Bois Chapter 13. Oral Mistake Corrections in Second-language Classrooms; Olga Visbal Chapter 14. Intercultural Competence in Management Consultancies in Germany: Does It Exist?; Melissa Lamson Notes on Contributors; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.8; Multiculturalism -- Israel; Multiculturalism -- Germany; Minorities -- Israel; Minorities -- Germany; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; Minorities; Multiculturalism; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Germany; Israel; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782382126; 1782382127
• Related ISBNs: 1845451953
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 28, 2016)
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