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This important collection addresses recent developments in the teaching, studying and presentation of race across many disciplines, including sociology, politics, social geography, cultural studies and philosophy.
Drawing on the latest research in all these areas, the authors provide a comprehensive account of key controversies and debates and pinpoint new directions in research and scholarship that are likely to shape the study of race and ethnicity well into the next century.
List of contents
Introduction, Martin Bulmer, John Solomos; Chapter 1 The continuing significance of race?, David Mason; Chapter 2 Philosophy and racial identity, Linda Martín Alcoff; Chapter 3 The symbolic empire and the history of racial inequality, Caroline Knowles; Chapter 4 The historiography of immigrants and ethnic minorities, Panikos Panayi; Chapter 5 Teaching race in cultural studies, Gargi Bhattacharyya; Chapter 6 Ethnicity etcetera, Richard Jenkins; Chapter 7 ‘Race’ in psychology, Karen Henwood, Ann Phoenix; Chapter 8 Political science encounters ‘race’ and ‘ethnicity’, Rupert Taylor; Chapter 9 ‘The approval of Headquarters’, Maria Lauret; Chapter 10 Constructions of ‘race’, place and discipline, Alastair Bonnett; Chapter 11 Peopling the past, Siân Jones;
About the author
Martin Bulmer is Editor of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies and is Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey.,
John Solomos is Associate Editor of Ethnic and Racial Studies and is Professor of Sociology at South Bank University.
Summary
Drawing on the latest research in all these areas, the authors provide a comprehensive account of key controversies and debates and pinpoint new directions in research and scholarship that are likely to shape the study of race and ethnicity.
