San Antonio College Library

Study of historical aspects of the structure, activities and objectives of the ku klux klan, a national levelly organised interest group in the USA - covers discrimination in respect of Jews, Blacks, immigrants and other minority groups, factors of religion, political leadership, political aspects, social movements, etc. Annotated bibliography pp. 257 to 269.

Monograph arguing against the practice of 'reverse discrimination' with regard to equal opportunities for minority groups in the USA - maintains that affirmative action programmes entailing sex discrimination, religious discrimination or racial discrimination, etc. Serve to contribute to the problem of inequality rather than to its alleviation, and includes definitions of the different kinds of discrimination. Bibliography pp. 150 to 168.

"Used as background reading for the thirty-fifth American Assembly ... Arden House, Harriman, New York, April 24-27, 1969."

Examination of schools across the country whose children are from poor families in the inner city and the less affluent suburbs.

This book studies in detail the reform regime of Alexander Dubcek from the assumption of power in the Party by reform-minded communists in January 1968 until Gustav Husik replaced Dubcek as First Secretary. The reform regime survived only eight months of genuine rule but it persisted for a further eight months after the Soviet invasion in an agonizing struggle for survival. One of the most impressive but little-known developments in the era of reform...

Today more than eight million Americans live in neighborhoods of extreme economic deprivation, social isolation, and often terrifying violence. The number of ghettos, barrios, and slums in the United States has more than doubled since 1970, and the proportion of the poor who live in them has risen dramatically. Policymakers and the public alike are increasingly concerned about the emergence of an "underclass" population in these blighted neighborhoods....

"A great many books have been written about Harlem, but for social history none has surpassed Gilbert Osofsky's account of how a pleasant, pastoral upper-middle-class suburb of Manhattan turned into an appalling black slum within forty years. Mr. Osofsky sets his chronicle against the background of pre-Harlem black life in New York City and in the context of the radical changes in race relations in America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth...

Comprises nine essays which explore the following aspects of changes in the US labour market: outmigration from inner city areas; export of business services; demographic changes; migrant workers; literacy; ability of the education system to respond to changing skill requirements; the health care sector; and national employment policy.

This volume isolates the cause of continuing disparities not only between blacks and whites, but among blacks as well. Key factors discussed here include the persistence of urban poverty, economic opportunities and changes in family structure.

In an eye-opening collection of real-life stories, Aiming Higher profiles courageous CEOs, managers, and employees who view social challenges not as burdens but as opportunities - to create new markets, build motivated work forces, and attract loyal customers. They are aiming higher. Who are these business heroes and heroines? Each year, The Business Enterprise Trust - founded by television writer and producer Norman Lear - honors five companies or...