Dvora Yanow

Gebundenes Buch

Constructing Race and Ethnicity in America

Category-making in Public Policy and Administration

Beschreibung

This work examines what is meant by the terms "race" and "ethnicity" and examines why policy makers continue to use them as if they had some scientific standing. It argues that "race" and "ethnicity" are socially constructed concepts, not objective, scientifically grounded variables.

Autor

Dvora Yanow is professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration, California State University, Hayward. Her research focus is shaped by an overall interest in the communication of meaning in organizational and policy settings. Her publications include articles on organizational learning from an interpretive-cultural perspective, the role of built space in communicating meaning, and local knowledge in organizational and policy contexts. She is the author of How Does a Policy Mean? Interpreting Policy and Organizational Actions (1996) and Conducting Interpretive Policy Analysis (2000). Her articles have been published in such journals as Policy Sciences, Administration & Society, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Organization, Organization Science, and the Journal of Management Inquiry. In her nonacademic life, she reads mysteries; practices the piano, violin, and doumbek; folk dances and sings; grows tomatoes and herbs; and walks a fourteen-minute mile.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. August 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 549g
• ISBN-13: 9780765608000
• ISBN-10: 0765608006
• Artikelnr.: 21315319