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Based on research from multiple disciplines, The Great Diversity Debate describes the presence and growth of diversity in the United States from the country's earliest years to the present. The author describes how the concept of pluralism evolved from a philosophical term to a concept used in many disciplines and with global significance. Rather than assuming that diversity is an unequivocal benefit, Koppelman investigates the ways in which diversity is actually experienced and debated across critical sectors of social experience, including immigration, affirmative action, education, and national identity. Koppelman takes the sometimes complicated arguments for and against diversity in school and society and lays out the benefits with great clarity and simplicity, making this book accessible to a large audience.
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A broad view of diversity in the United States based on research from philosophy, psychology, sociology, political science, economics, and more. Cogent arguments from both advocates and critics concerning whether pluralism represents an appropriate response to diversity in a democratic society. An overview of multicultural education, including its origins and its current emphasis on strategies such as culturally responsive teaching.Critiques (1)
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Koppelman's well-researched and well-written book provides a broad view of diversity in the US, tracing its roots and the impact of major historical events while connecting it to related multiple disciplines including philosophy, psychology, economics, and sociology as well as education. Koppelman (emer., Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse) includes arguments from both critics and advocates in the diversity debate. Chapters include "The Diversity Debate"; "The Growth of Diversity and Pluralism: The Impact of Immigration"; "Pluralism and Democracy: Complementary or Contradictory?"; "Diversity and Discrimination: The Argument over Affirmative Action"; "The Struggle for Identity: What Does It Mean to Be an American?"; "Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools: Preparing Children to Function Effectively in a Diverse, Democratic Society"; and "Globalization, Diversity, and Pluralism: Finding the Common Ground." Although a complex topic, Koppelman does a nice job of explaining both sides of the issue. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate, research, and professional collections. P. S. Arter Marywood University
Table des matières
Acknowledgments | p. xi |
Prologue: The First Americans | p. xiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
1 The Diversity Debate | p. 7 |
The Advocacy of Human Similarities | p. 7 |
Valuing Human Differences | p. 9 |
The Origins of Cultural Pluralism | p. 10 |
Formulating the Concept of Cultural Pluralism | p. 11 |
From Cultural Pluralism to Multiculturalism | p. 15 |
From Multiculturalism to Pluralism | p. 17 |
Arguments Opposing Pluralism | p. 19 |
Fixed Principles or Multiple Perspectives | p. 22 |
Global Dimensions of Pluralism | p. 25 |
2 The Growth of Diversity and Pluralism: The Impact of Immigration | p. 27 |
Colonial Diversity | p. 27 |
Involuntary Immigrants to Colonial America | p. 31 |
Establishing the Principle of Pluralism | p. 33 |
Diversify Issues Confronting the New Nation | p. 35 |
Increasing Diversity after the Civil War | p. 40 |
Responses to Diversity | p. 42 |
The Triumph of Anti-Immigrant Forces | p. 47 |
The Impact of World War II on Diversity | p. 49 |
The Revival of Cultural Pluralism | p. 51 |
Learning from the Past-Looking Toward the Future | p. 57 |
3 Pluralism end Democracy: Complementary or Contradictory? | p. 61 |
The Attitude of the Founders Regarding Diversity | p. 61 |
Individualism and Pluralism | p. 64 |
Groups in a Democracy Taking Civic Actions | p. 67 |
Pluralism and Democracy | p. 69 |
Problems of Pluralism in a Democratic Society | p. 73 |
The Role of Government in a Pluralistic Democracy | p. 77 |
The Global Context for a Pluralistic Democracy | p. 79 |
4 Diversity and Discrimination: The Argument over Affirmative Action | p. 83 |
Efforts to Combat Discrimination | p. 84 |
Implementing the Affirmative Action Mandate | p. 87 |
Affirmative Action and the U.S. Supreme Court | p. 90 |
California Rejects Affirmative Action | p. 92 |
The Affirmative Action Debate | p. 93 |
Affirmative Action Today | p. 102 |
5 The Struggle for Identity: What Does It Mean to Be an American? | p. 107 |
The Importance of a Collective Identity | p. 108 |
Ethnicity and Race | p. 110 |
Ethnic Identity | p. 111 |
Building a Personal Identity Based on Ethnic Identity | p. 116 |
The Basis for an American Identity in a Global Context | p. 120 |
6 Multicultural Education in K-12 Schools: Preparing Children and Youth to Function Effectively in a Diverse, Democratic Society | p. 123 |
The Origins of Multicultural Education | p. 123 |
The Implications of Demographic Data | p. 128 |
Multicultural Education to Affirm Diversity | p. 130 |
Implementing Multicultural Education | p. 134 |
Future Concerns | p. 147 |
7 Globalization, Diversity, and Pluralism: Finding the Common Ground | p. 149 |
The Origin of Globalization | p. 151 |
How Globalization Developed | p. 153 |
Globalization and Democracy | p. 158 |
Globalization and Cultural Diversity | p. 161 |
Epilogue | p. 167 |
References | p. 171 |
Index | p. 185 |
About the Author | p. 194 |