Author(s): Patricia Hill Collins (Editor), John Solomos
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication Date: 31 May 2010
Edition: First Edition
Language: English
Print length: 560 pages
ISBN-10: 0761942203
ISBN-13: 9780761942207
Book Description
“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 Bulletin 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.
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies First Edition 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 Bulletin
Why are racial and ethnic identities, along with racism and ethnic chauvinism, so tenacious in the contemporary world? Why do lines of racial and economic exclusion continue to converge? Do we have the appropriate analytical tools to make sense of the manner and purchase of race and ethnicity? This important handbook provides a clear, accessible and incisive survey of debate and research on such questions, at the heart of the burgeoning field of race and ethnicity studies. — Deborah Posel
Hill Collins and Solomos have composed a compelling volume that speaks to the central issues of race and ethnicity today. They include a vibrant mix of established and emerging voices addressing the principal and pressing contemporary conceptual and theoretical questions regarding race and ethnicity. These include the ways in which race, class, gender and the nation are taken up in the dominant disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, law and critical race theory, family, religions, education, the state, repression and resistance. This is a collection both educators and researchers concerned with race and ethnicity will want to consult.
— David Theo Goldberg
In the 21st century racism continues to be alive and kicking. This well written handbook, a landmark, situates a range of contemporary expressions of race, ethnicity, racism and resistance in a global context. Substantial chapters provide breadth, depth and clarity to questions that remain contested in spite of decennia of race critical research. Hill Collins and Solomos combine editorial excellence in producing a solid handbook with a concluding chapter mapping out the challenges for the 21st century.
The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies First Edition is an absolutely recommendable source for students and scholars across the social sciences.
— Philomena Essed
From the Back Cover
An inter-disciplinary and international handbook dealing with one of the central themes of social science, edited by two of the leading academics in race and ethnic studies.
About the Author
Patricia Hill Collins is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, US.
John Solomos is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick. He has researched and written widely on the history and contemporary forms of race and ethnic relations in Britain, theories of race and racism, the politics of race, equal opportunity policies, multiculturalism and social policy, race and football, and racist movements and ideas. His most recent book is Antiracism: A Critique (Polity Press 2025). He has been Joint-Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies since 1995. The journal publishes16 issues a year by Routledge. He is also co-editor of the book series on Racism, Resistance and Social Change for Manchester University Press (with Satnam Virdee and Aaron Winter).
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