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Race and Society is a thoughtful and critically engaging exploration of some of the key issues around race and racialisation, which have arisen in what is considered to be a highly diverse and complex society.
With a progressive approach emphasising the social construction of race issues within a post-racial era, moving away from essentialist and polarized explanations of raced interaction, Tina Patel:
- Introduces the main concepts and key theories, including their post-developments.
- Focuses on the processes and impact of racial categorisation in contemporary society.
- Highlights the intersectional and multifaceted nature of race and related conceptualizations.
- Illustrates how race has morphed into newer forms of categorizations.
Race and Society is packed with topical examples and international case studies to engage students, along with chapter summaries, study questions and further reading. It's a highly readable and thought-provoking guide to the study of race and racialisation processes for students of sociology, criminology and related disciplines.
List of contents
Introduction
Categorizing Race
Understanding Society
Representations of Race
Identity and the Place of Race
The Other 'Isms'
Masking Racism in Society
Race in Social Institutions and Organizations
Human Rights, Equality and Legislation
Researching Race and Society
Conclusion
About the author
Dr Tina G. Patel is a senior lecturer in Criminology at the University of Salford. Tinäs research and teaching interests relate to race/racism, surveillance, crime, and discrimination in the criminal justice system. Tina specialises in undertaking qualitative research with excluded communities, who have often been presented as problematic and deviant. Tina has a number of publications in these areas, and is co-author of
Race, Crime and Resistance (2011), and sole-author of
Race and Society (2017), both published by Sage.
Summary
An approachable, contemporary undergraduate guide to one of the core areas of social science teaching.
Report
The contemporary power and dynamics of race and racialization require fundamental critical interrogation. This book is an excellent example of such work, providing a fascinating set of case studies and a concise and engaging text which will be invaluable to students in this field. Tina Patel has provided us with a carefully considered and authoritative pathway into and through this core sociological terrain.
Ian Law
