Amy E Ansell
Biographic Data
| ID | 3994495 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy E Ansell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ansell |
| SIGNATURE | ANSELL A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bard College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Race and Ethnicity
Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key terms, their conceptual evolution over time, and the differing ways in which the concepts are deployed or remain pertinent in current debates. Concepts covered include: apartheid colonialism construc…
Casting a Blind Eye
This paper addresses the politics of color-blindness in comparative perspective as its meaning has changed over the past half-century. Drawing on the cases of South Africa and the United States, I focus in particular on the socio-political and psychological functions that color-blind ideology performs for whites in defending white advantage in the present context. Although in the past color-blindness served as an effective rallying cry for the ab…
Two nations of discourse
This article presents an analysis of 154 written submissions to the South African Human Rights Commission invited as part of the consultative process leading up to the South African National Conference on Racism 2000. The submissions demonstrate a fundamental lack of consensus regarding what racism is and how to combat it. Although the submissions reveal a variety of perspectives on racism within each self‐identified racial group, a significant r…
Unraveling the Right
The New Political Culture
Rise and fall of the Makgoba a case study of symbolic
This article analyses the discourse of the 'Makgoba affair' - the bitter conflict between Professor M. W. Makgoba and 13 senior administrators at the University of the Witwatersrand-revealing how the controversy was symbolically constructed, understood, experienced and defended by the social communities that became engaged and mobilised through it. Employing the concept of 'discursive ecology', it offers an explanation of how what might otherwise…
Unraveling the Right
Organizational Currents * Following the Threads: An Overview Chip Berlet. * The Personal Is Political: The Role of Cultural Projects in the Mobilization of the Christian Right Sara Diamond. * Inventing an American Conservatism: The Neoconservative Episode Garry Dorrien. * Business Conflict and Right-Wing Movements Matthew N. Lyons. Ideological And Policy Currents * Kitchen Table Backlash: The Antifeminist Womens Movement Jean Hardisty. * Fulfilli…
Two nations of discourse
This article presents an analysis of 154 written submissions to the South African Human Rights Commission invited as part of the consultative process leading up to the South African National Conference on Racism 2000. The submissions demonstrate a fundamental lack of consensus regarding what racism is and how to combat it. Although the submissions reveal a variety of perspectives on racism within each self‐identified racial group, a significant r…
Casting a Blind Eye
This paper addresses the politics of color-blindness in comparative perspective as its meaning has changed over the past half-century. Drawing on the cases of South Africa and the United States, I focus in particular on the socio-political and psychological functions that color-blind ideology performs for whites in defending white advantage in the present context. Although in the past color-blindness served as an effective rallying cry for the ab…
Rise and fall of the Makgoba a case study of symbolic
This article analyses the discourse of the 'Makgoba affair' - the bitter conflict between Professor M. W. Makgoba and 13 senior administrators at the University of the Witwatersrand-revealing how the controversy was symbolically constructed, understood, experienced and defended by the social communities that became engaged and mobilised through it. Employing the concept of 'discursive ecology', it offers an explanation of how what might otherwise…
Unraveling the Right
Organizational Currents * Following the Threads: An Overview Chip Berlet. * The Personal Is Political: The Role of Cultural Projects in the Mobilization of the Christian Right Sara Diamond. * Inventing an American Conservatism: The Neoconservative Episode Garry Dorrien. * Business Conflict and Right-Wing Movements Matthew N. Lyons. Ideological And Policy Currents * Kitchen Table Backlash: The Antifeminist Womens Movement Jean Hardisty. * Fulfilli…
The New Political Culture
Rise and fall of the Makgoba a case study of symbolic
This article analyses the discourse of the 'Makgoba affair' - the bitter conflict between Professor M. W. Makgoba and 13 senior administrators at the University of the Witwatersrand-revealing how the controversy was symbolically constructed, understood, experienced and defended by the social communities that became engaged and mobilised through it. Employing the concept of 'discursive ecology', it offers an explanation of how what might otherwise…
Unraveling the Right
Two nations of discourse
This article presents an analysis of 154 written submissions to the South African Human Rights Commission invited as part of the consultative process leading up to the South African National Conference on Racism 2000. The submissions demonstrate a fundamental lack of consensus regarding what racism is and how to combat it. Although the submissions reveal a variety of perspectives on racism within each self‐identified racial group, a significant r…
Casting a Blind Eye
This paper addresses the politics of color-blindness in comparative perspective as its meaning has changed over the past half-century. Drawing on the cases of South Africa and the United States, I focus in particular on the socio-political and psychological functions that color-blind ideology performs for whites in defending white advantage in the present context. Although in the past color-blindness served as an effective rallying cry for the ab…
Race and Ethnicity
Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key terms, their conceptual evolution over time, and the differing ways in which the concepts are deployed or remain pertinent in current debates. Concepts covered include: apartheid colonialism construc…
Political science (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Conservatism (2 works) · Critical Race Theory in Education (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Race, History, and American Society (2 works)