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SAGE PUBLISHING The Sage Handbook Of Race And Ethnic Studies 2010 Edition by Collins
"The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies is one of the best handbooks outlining the latest thinking on race and ethnic studies published in recent years...The breadth of themes and the depth of discussion are ambitious, offering the reader an A-Z guide of contemporary thinking on race and ethnicity...a valuable resource for scholars and activists alike."- Runnymede BulletinWhat 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.Intersections between race and ethnicity and questions of sexuality, gender, nation and social transformation.The challenge of multiculturalism.Race, ethnicity and globalization.Race and the family.Race and education.Race and religion.Planned 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. Introduction: Situating Race and Ethnic Studies - Patricia Hill Collins & John SolomosPART ONE: LOCATING THE FIELD: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONSTheorizing Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Paradigms and Perspectives - Caroline KnowlesStudying 'Race' and Ethnicity: Dominant and Marginalised Discourses in the Critical North American Case - Joe R. Feagin & Eileen O'BrienResearching Race and Ethnicity: Methodological Issues - Nancy A. Denton & Glenn D. DeaneThe Spirit Lives On: Races and Disciplines - Chetan BhattPART TWO: RACE, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL HIERARCHYRacism, Class and the Dialectics of Social Transformation - Satnam VirdeeThe Nexus of Race and Gender: Parallels, Linkages, and Divergences in Race and Gender Studies - Margaret L. AndersenEthnicities and Sexualities - Joane NagelNation and Post-Nation: Nationalism, Transnationalism and Intersections of Belonging - Floya AnthiasPART THREE: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF RACE AND ETHNICITYMulticulturalism and Racial Democracy: State Policies and Social Practices - Peter KivistoLaw, Critical Race Theory, and Related Scholarship - Athena D. MutuaEthnic Conflict - Ralph PremdasGlobalization, Migration and Citizenship - Liza SchusterPART FOUR: DEBATES AND NEW INITIATIVESThe Family as a Race Institution - Maxine Baca ZinnRace, Ethnicity and Education: The Search for Explanations - James A. Banks & Caryn ParkStill the 'Most Segregated Hour': Religion, Race and the American Experience - Cheryl Townsend GilkesWhiteness in the Dramaturgy of Racism - Les BackNo Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Political Mobilisation - Michael G. Hanchard & Mark Q. SawyerDiaspora and Hybridity - Claire AlexanderIssues for the 21st Century - Patricia Hill Collins & John Solomos