What is the state of race and ethnic studies today? How has the field emerged? What are the core concepts, debates and issues? This panoramic, critical survey of the field supplies researchers and students with a vital resource. It is a rigorous, focused examination of the central questions in the field today.The text examines: The roots of the field of race and ethnic studies; The distinction between race and ethnicity; Methodological issues facing researchers;The relationship between the field and more established disciplines; Intersections between race and ethnicity and questions sexuality, gender, nation and social transformation; The challenge of multiculturalism; Race, ethnicity and globalization; Race and the family; Race and education; Race and religion; Issues for the 21st CenturyPlanned and edited by a distinguished team of Anglo-American scholars, the Handbook pools an impressive range of international world class expertise and insight. It provides a landmark work in the field which will be the measure of debate and research for years to come. INDICE: Patricia Hill Collins and John Solomos Introduction: Situating Race and Ethnic Studies / Part I: Locating the Field: Theoretical and Historical Foundations / Introduction to Part I / Caroline Knowles Theorizing Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Paradigms and Perspectives / Joe R. Feagin and Eileen O'Brien Studying 'Race' and Ethnicity: Dominant and Marginalized Discourses in the Critical North American Case / Nancy A. Denton and Glenn D. Deane Researching Race and Ethnicity: Methodological Issues / Chetan Bhatt The Spirit Lives On: Races and the Disciplines / Part II: Race, Ethnicity and Social Hierarchy /Introduction to Part II / Satnam Virdee Racism, Class and the Dialectics of Social Transformation / Margaret Andersen The Nexus of Race and Gender: Parallels, Linkages, and Divergences in Race and Gender Studies / Joane Nagel Ethnicities & Sexualities / Floya Anthias Nation and Post-Nation: Nationalism, Transnationalism and Intersections of Belonging / Part III: The Social Organization of Race and Ethnicity / Introduction to Part III / Peter Kivisto Multiculturalism and Racial Democracy: State Policies and Social Practices / Athena D. Mutua Law, Critical Race Theory, and Related Scholarship / Ralph Premdas Ethnic Conflict / Liza Schuster Globalization, Migration and Citizenship / Part IV: Debates and New Initiatives / Introduction to Part IV / Maxine Baca Zinn The Family as a Race Institution / James A. Banks and Caryn Park Race, Ethnicity and Education: The Search for Explanations / Cheryl Townsend Gilkes Still the 'MostSegregated Hour': Religion, Race and the American Experience / Les Back Whiteness in the Dramaturgy of Racism / Michael G. Hanchard and Mark Q. Sawyer No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Political Mobilization / Claire Alexander Diasporaand Hybridity / Patricia Hill Collins and John Solomos Issues for the 21st Century
- ISBN: 978-0-7619-4220-7
- Editorial: Sage Publications
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 448
- Fecha Publicación: 01/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés