Yvette M Alex‐assensoh
Biographic Data
| ID | 3624676 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yvette M Alex‐assensoh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yvette M |
| FAMILY NAME | Alex‐assensoh |
| SIGNATURE | ASSENSOH Y M A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University Bloomington |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Transformations In History: African Societies And Economies In The Works of Paul Lovejoy, written by Toyin FalolaThy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memo…
Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa, written by Brian J. Peterson
Brian J. Peterson. 2021. Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. i–xii; 333 pp; paper back; no price stated. ISBN: 9780253053763In Thomas Sankara: A Revolutionary in Cold War Africa Union College History Professor Brian J. Peterson has provided his readers an eloquent interpretation of what the young Burkina Faso revolutionary meant for his country as well as Africa as a whole. The autho…
The Political Economy of Land and Reparations: The Case of Reparations for African Americans in the 21st Century
The global interest in research on the political economy of reparations has been rekindled by recent developments in the United States of America, but much of this renewed investigation is misinformed, distorted, or limited to recycling what is already known. Recent work by Darity and Mullen is an exception. They have contributed eloquently to age-old debates on reparations for emancipated enslaved Africans. This essay examines their work in the …
American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War (Japan), written by Duncan, Ryuken Williams
The Transformation of Central Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola, edited by Sati U. FwatshakGetting Our Universities Back On Track: Reflections and Governance Paradigms From My Vice-Chancellorsh…
The Transformation of Central Nigeria: Essays in Honor of Toyin Falola, edited by Sati U. FwatshakGetting Our Universities Back On Track: Reflections and Governance Paradigms From My Vice-Chancellorship, written by N. Oluwafemi Nimiko" published on 27 Feb 2018 by Brill
Anthony A. Akinola. 2013. Democracy In Nigeria: Thoughts and Selected Commentaries. Raleigh, NC, USA: Lulu Enterprises, Incorporated (Rosendale Books); 219 pages; £9.99
Race in America: A Discussion of Cathy J. Cohen's Democracy Remixed: Black Youth and the Future of American Politics
Both the plight of African American young people and their feelings and thoughts about this plight are major issues of concern in U.S. politics. In 2003, the Black Youth Project was launched, with funding by the Ford Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to promote both social scientific analysis and public understanding of these issues (the project has an innovative and engaging Website that can be accessed at http://www.blackyouthp…
African Americans, African Immigrants and Homeland-Diaspora Development in Africa
Mainstream understandings of nation-state development focus primarily on economic factors, consequently rendering invisible other viable ways, through which important development occurs in African societies. In extending the current theoretical framework beyond its focus on economics to encompass political, human capital and technological development, this article provides evidence linking African Americans to African attempts at development, fir…
Books by Our Readers
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Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century
How has the arrival of new racial and ethnic groups affected the political gains of long-standing minorities in the United States? Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio of European to non-European newcomers changed, but recent arrivals are coming from the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South America, and other regions which have not previously sup…
Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century
"The authors have done a commendable and impressive job of addressing a topic of long-lasting and increasing significance in U.S. politics." ---F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico "This is a path-breaking book that will be read across disciplines beyond political science." ---James Jennings, Tufts University Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio …
African Immigrants and African-Americans: An Analysis of Voluntary African Immigration and the Evolution of Black Ethnic Politics in America
Teaching Critical Analysis Skills with Analysis Briefs: What They are and How They Work
Critical analysis, which is defined as the reasoned and logical process of skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information (Scriven and Paul 2001), is at the heart of the research process that propels our profession's knowledge-base forward. In this essay, I describe an effective method that I developed to help inculcate and hone students' critical analysis skills. Indeed, critical analysis skills are …
Changing White Attitudes Toward Black Political Leadership by Zoltan L. Hajnal
Mentoring and African-American Political Scientists
One of the main goals of the Committee on the Status of Blacks (CSB) is to assess how well African-American political scientists are faring in the discipline. Given the nature of the academy, we believe an important element for success is effective mentoring. Our position is supported by the American Political Science Association (APSA) which established a Task Force on Mentoring in 2002 to address issues facing underrepresented groups within the…
Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender and the New Racism
Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender and the New Racism. By Patricia Hill Collins. New York: Routledge. 2004. 374 pp. $26.00.To a large extent, scholarship on black politics often focuses primarily on institutions, rule of law, processes, political actors, and citizens but with very little attention to issues of gender and sexuality. In contrast, the principal aim of this book is to explore what the author sees as the inextricable lin…
Taking the Sanctuary to the Streets: Religion, Race, and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio
This study focuses on how institutional, organizational, and political contexts structure the involvement of black churches in the politics of local community development. Interviews with black Baptist clergy in the city of Columbus, Ohio, and analysis of census data are the basis for the discussion. The study shows that despite a general context of exclusion from Columbus mainstream politics, a group of black Baptist ministers have created a str…
African Immigrants and the Aftermath of September 11: Historical and Political Lessons
Race in the Academy: Moving Beyond Diversity and Toward the Incorporation of Faculty of Color in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities
African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present
African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900: Present
Africa’s Recent Colonial Past, 1900–1970
A major goal of this book is to analyze the historical foundations and contemporary manifestations of the various armed forces (including the police) in Africa and their role in the political history of the continent, with an emphasis on coups d’etat. However, a valid assessment of the African military (or armed forces) cannot be attempted without first describing the social, political, and economic contexts in which they evolved. Consequently, t…
Africa’s Armed Forces in Retrospect: The History of the Colonial and Postcolonial Forces
The foregoing statement sums up a lot about the military aspect of African politics. It applies well to African military leaders who had the armed forces bequeathed to them by departing colonial officials, especially as regards their expectations and their perception of the military as a status symbol. Yet, from time immemorial, militarism has played a crucial role in African affairs, especially in the historical and political evolutionary proces…
Corrupt and Dictatorial Tendencies: The Tacit Invitation for Military Intervention
The much-respected retired General Olusegun Obasanjo, who became Nigeria’s elected civilian head of state in February 1999, made an unequivocal statement in 1991 that is very much similar to conclusions reached in several of the most recent books on African political history, including African Political Leadership (1998). Looking at the pathetic nature of African politics, whereby dictators and outright tyrants have held their own people captive,…
African Coups Galore: Foreign and Ideological Influences
As an avowed socialist-cum-Marxist, Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah always suspected that his government was under the threat of capitalism from nations like the United States of America and Great Britain. In fact, Nkrumah was so suspicious of these countries that, when in Guinea in exile from 1966 until his death in 1972, he blamed the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for the setbacks in his plans to regain political power in Ghana, wh…
Inner-City Contexts, Church Attendance, and African-American Political Participation
Over the years, an undeniable and convincing body of evidence has emphasized the importance of African-American churches as conduits for political skills, resources, and mobilization. In this study, we examine the growing incidence of neighborhood poverty; never-married, parent house-holds; and perceived social isolation to ascertain the extent to which they undermine church attendance and the associated benefits of increased political engagement…
Race, Concentrated Poverty, Social Isolation, and Political Behavior
The author examines the relative impact of concentrated-poverty neighborhoods and social isolation on the political behavior of white and black inner-city residents. She demonstrates that social isolation undermines the political participation of blacks and that residence in concentrated-poverty neighborhoods is most detrimental to the political participation of whites. The effects of social isolation and concentrated-poverty neighborhoods exert …
Myths about Race and the Underclass: Concentrated Poverty and "Underclass" Behaviors
The prevalent view held by both academics and policy makers is that underclass behaviors are predominantly characteristic of African-American communities. Concern about such behaviors has expanded partly because the underclass phenomenon has diffused down the urban hierarchy to small- and medium-sized cities. This article demonstrates that in two areas of concentrated poverty in Columbus, Ohio, so-called underclass behaviors are not associated wi…
African Immigrants and African-Americans: An Analysis of Voluntary African Immigration and the Evolution of Black Ethnic Politics in America
Mentoring and African-American Political Scientists
One of the main goals of the Committee on the Status of Blacks (CSB) is to assess how well African-American political scientists are faring in the discipline. Given the nature of the academy, we believe an important element for success is effective mentoring. Our position is supported by the American Political Science Association (APSA) which established a Task Force on Mentoring in 2002 to address issues facing underrepresented groups within the…
African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present
Africa's former colonial masters, including Great Britain; France, Portugal and Spain, trained members and leaders of the various colonial Armed Forces to be politically non-partisan. Yet, the modern
Teaching Critical Analysis Skills with Analysis Briefs: What They are and How They Work
Critical analysis, which is defined as the reasoned and logical process of skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information (Scriven and Paul 2001), is at the heart of the research process that propels our profession's knowledge-base forward. In this essay, I describe an effective method that I developed to help inculcate and hone students' critical analysis skills. Indeed, critical analysis skills are …
The Political Economy of Land and Reparations: The Case of Reparations for African Americans in the 21st Century
The global interest in research on the political economy of reparations has been rekindled by recent developments in the United States of America, but much of this renewed investigation is misinformed, distorted, or limited to recycling what is already known. Recent work by Darity and Mullen is an exception. They have contributed eloquently to age-old debates on reparations for emancipated enslaved Africans. This essay examines their work in the …
Islam in the African-American Experience
Journal Article Islam in the African-American Experience. By Richard Brent Turner. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. x, 300 pp. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33238-9 and African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles. By Allan D. Austin. New York: Routledge, 1997. xiv, 194 pp. Cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-415-91269-5 Get access Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Yvette Alex-Assensoh Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana…
African Americans, African Immigrants and Homeland-Diaspora Development in Africa
Mainstream understandings of nation-state development focus primarily on economic factors, consequently rendering invisible other viable ways, through which important development occurs in African societies. In extending the current theoretical framework beyond its focus on economics to encompass political, human capital and technological development, this article provides evidence linking African Americans to African attempts at development, fir…
How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights
Journal Article How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights Get access How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights by Belinda Robnett. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 256 pp. $35.00. Yvette Alex-Assensoh Yvette Alex-Assensoh Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 113, Issue 3, Fall 1998,…
Urban Race Relations
Myths about Race and the Underclass: Concentrated Poverty and "Underclass" Behaviors
The prevalent view held by both academics and policy makers is that underclass behaviors are predominantly characteristic of African-American communities. Concern about such behaviors has expanded partly because the underclass phenomenon has diffused down the urban hierarchy to small- and medium-sized cities. This article demonstrates that in two areas of concentrated poverty in Columbus, Ohio, so-called underclass behaviors are not associated wi…
Urban Race Relations
Race, Concentrated Poverty, Social Isolation, and Political Behavior
The author examines the relative impact of concentrated-poverty neighborhoods and social isolation on the political behavior of white and black inner-city residents. She demonstrates that social isolation undermines the political participation of blacks and that residence in concentrated-poverty neighborhoods is most detrimental to the political participation of whites. The effects of social isolation and concentrated-poverty neighborhoods exert …
How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights
Journal Article How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights Get access How Long? How Long? African-American Women in the Struggle for Civil Rights by Belinda Robnett. New York, Oxford University Press, 1997. 256 pp. $35.00. Yvette Alex-Assensoh Yvette Alex-Assensoh Indiana University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 113, Issue 3, Fall 1998,…
Islam in the African-American Experience
Journal Article Islam in the African-American Experience. By Richard Brent Turner. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1997. x, 300 pp. Cloth, $39.95, ISBN 0-253-33238-9 and African Muslims in Antebellum America: Transatlantic Stories and Spiritual Struggles. By Allan D. Austin. New York: Routledge, 1997. xiv, 194 pp. Cloth, $59.95, ISBN 0-415-91269-5 Get access Yvette Alex-Assensoh, Yvette Alex-Assensoh Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana…
Minority Politics Courses: Moving Beyond Controversy and Toward Active Learning
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Africa’s Recent Colonial Past, 1900–1970
A major goal of this book is to analyze the historical foundations and contemporary manifestations of the various armed forces (including the police) in Africa and their role in the political history of the continent, with an emphasis on coups d’etat. However, a valid assessment of the African military (or armed forces) cannot be attempted without first describing the social, political, and economic contexts in which they evolved. Consequently, t…
Africa’s Armed Forces in Retrospect: The History of the Colonial and Postcolonial Forces
The foregoing statement sums up a lot about the military aspect of African politics. It applies well to African military leaders who had the armed forces bequeathed to them by departing colonial officials, especially as regards their expectations and their perception of the military as a status symbol. Yet, from time immemorial, militarism has played a crucial role in African affairs, especially in the historical and political evolutionary proces…
Corrupt and Dictatorial Tendencies: The Tacit Invitation for Military Intervention
The much-respected retired General Olusegun Obasanjo, who became Nigeria’s elected civilian head of state in February 1999, made an unequivocal statement in 1991 that is very much similar to conclusions reached in several of the most recent books on African political history, including African Political Leadership (1998). Looking at the pathetic nature of African politics, whereby dictators and outright tyrants have held their own people captive,…
African Coups Galore: Foreign and Ideological Influences
As an avowed socialist-cum-Marxist, Ghana’s President Kwame Nkrumah always suspected that his government was under the threat of capitalism from nations like the United States of America and Great Britain. In fact, Nkrumah was so suspicious of these countries that, when in Guinea in exile from 1966 until his death in 1972, he blamed the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for the setbacks in his plans to regain political power in Ghana, wh…
African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present
Africa's former colonial masters, including Great Britain; France, Portugal and Spain, trained members and leaders of the various colonial Armed Forces to be politically non-partisan. Yet, the modern
Inner-City Contexts, Church Attendance, and African-American Political Participation
Over the years, an undeniable and convincing body of evidence has emphasized the importance of African-American churches as conduits for political skills, resources, and mobilization. In this study, we examine the growing incidence of neighborhood poverty; never-married, parent house-holds; and perceived social isolation to ascertain the extent to which they undermine church attendance and the associated benefits of increased political engagement…
African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900-Present
African Military History and Politics: Coups and Ideological Incursions, 1900: Present
Race in the Academy: Moving Beyond Diversity and Toward the Incorporation of Faculty of Color in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities
Taking the Sanctuary to the Streets: Religion, Race, and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio
This study focuses on how institutional, organizational, and political contexts structure the involvement of black churches in the politics of local community development. Interviews with black Baptist clergy in the city of Columbus, Ohio, and analysis of census data are the basis for the discussion. The study shows that despite a general context of exclusion from Columbus mainstream politics, a group of black Baptist ministers have created a str…
African Immigrants and the Aftermath of September 11: Historical and Political Lessons
Mentoring and African-American Political Scientists
One of the main goals of the Committee on the Status of Blacks (CSB) is to assess how well African-American political scientists are faring in the discipline. Given the nature of the academy, we believe an important element for success is effective mentoring. Our position is supported by the American Political Science Association (APSA) which established a Task Force on Mentoring in 2002 to address issues facing underrepresented groups within the…
Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender and the New Racism
Black Sexual Politics: African-Americans, Gender and the New Racism. By Patricia Hill Collins. New York: Routledge. 2004. 374 pp. $26.00.To a large extent, scholarship on black politics often focuses primarily on institutions, rule of law, processes, political actors, and citizens but with very little attention to issues of gender and sexuality. In contrast, the principal aim of this book is to explore what the author sees as the inextricable lin…
Changing White Attitudes Toward Black Political Leadership by Zoltan L. Hajnal
Teaching Critical Analysis Skills with Analysis Briefs: What They are and How They Work
Critical analysis, which is defined as the reasoned and logical process of skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information (Scriven and Paul 2001), is at the heart of the research process that propels our profession's knowledge-base forward. In this essay, I describe an effective method that I developed to help inculcate and hone students' critical analysis skills. Indeed, critical analysis skills are …
Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century
How has the arrival of new racial and ethnic groups affected the political gains of long-standing minorities in the United States? Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio of European to non-European newcomers changed, but recent arrivals are coming from the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, South America, and other regions which have not previously sup…
Newcomers, Outsiders, and Insiders: Immigrants and American Racial Politics in the Early Twenty-first Century
"The authors have done a commendable and impressive job of addressing a topic of long-lasting and increasing significance in U.S. politics." ---F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico "This is a path-breaking book that will be read across disciplines beyond political science." ---James Jennings, Tufts University Over the past four decades, the United States has experienced the largest influx of immigrants in its history. Not only has the ratio …
African Immigrants and African-Americans: An Analysis of Voluntary African Immigration and the Evolution of Black Ethnic Politics in America
African Americans, African Immigrants and Homeland-Diaspora Development in Africa
Mainstream understandings of nation-state development focus primarily on economic factors, consequently rendering invisible other viable ways, through which important development occurs in African societies. In extending the current theoretical framework beyond its focus on economics to encompass political, human capital and technological development, this article provides evidence linking African Americans to African attempts at development, fir…
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