Race, Ethnicity and Social Theory

ISBN-13: 9781857286328 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 352 str.

John Solomos

Opis

In Race, Ethnicity and Social Theory John Solomos provides a critical and comprehensive overview of recent theorising and debate about the role of race and ethnicity in contemporary societies. Written in an accessible style and drawing on a wide range of both theoretical and empirically focused materials this is a book that seeks to explore the evolution of race and ethnicity as subjects of both scholarly and political debate. It includes detailed analysis of key themes in contemporary scholarly research and provides case studies and examples that will be of interest to students and scholars of race and ethnicity alike.
Key chapters include:

• race and racism
• anti-semitism, racism and modernity
• race, difference and identity
• feminism, race and cultural politics
• nationalisms and racisms
• race and ethnicity in a changing world.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Theoretical frameworks and perspectives 2. Race and social relations 3. Constructing identities and the racial other 4. Reframing feminism, rethinking race 5. Nations, cultures, identities 6. Antisemitism, racism, and modernity 7. New racisms or beyond race? 8. Race, representation, and difference 9. Racism and ethnicity in a changing world

O autorze

John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. 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 books are Race and Racism in Britain (Fourth Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and The Unfinished Politics of Race: Histories of Political Participation, Migration and Multiculturalism (Cambridge University Press, 2022). His most recent edited books are Race and Ethnicity in Pandemic Times (Routledge, 2022), An Introduction to Sociology (SAGE, 2022), Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader (Third Edition, Routledge, 2022), and Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms (Routledge, 2020). He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Ethnic and Racial Studies journal, co-editor of the Racism, Resistance and Social Change book series (Manchester University Press), and General Editor of the online The Routledge Encyclopaedia of Race and Racism series.