The Color of Freedom: Race and Contemporary American Liberalism,9780791441862

The Color of Freedom: Race and Contemporary American Liberalism

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ISBN13: 9780791441862
ISBN10: 0791441865
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

Offers a fresh, distinctive, & compelling analysis of the United State's continuing dilemma of race.

Author Biography

David Carroll Cochran is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loras College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction
1(16)
Locating the Argument
5(9)
The Argument's Outline
14(3)
Color-Blind Liberalism
17(28)
The Features of Color-Blind Liberalism
17(1)
The Sources of Color-Blind Liberalism
18(15)
Framing the Debate on Race
33(8)
Color-Blind Liberalism and Freedom
41(4)
The Limits of Color-Blind Liberalism
45(22)
The Strengths of Color-Blind Liberalism
45(1)
Color-Blind Liberalism and the Left
46(7)
The Limits of Color-Blind Liberalism
53(14)
Liberal Autonomy
67(24)
Freedom and Autonomy
67(3)
The Nature of Autonomy
70(14)
Liberalism, Autonomy, and Multiculturalism
84(7)
Expanding the Liberal Understanding of Race
91(44)
Complexity
91(2)
The Continuing Importance of Color-Blind Liberalism
93(9)
Moving Beyond Color-Blind Liberalism
102(33)
Public Policy
135(38)
Public Policy, Autonomy, and Black Americans
135(6)
The State, Civil Society, and Public Policy
141(28)
Conclusion
169(4)
Notes 173(6)
References 179(20)
Index 199

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