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Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches

ISBN: 978-0-631-18634-2

December 2002

Wiley-Blackwell

432 pages

Description
This authoritative and innovative reader collects twenty-seven articles that are essential for a thorough, comparative and theoretically-informed approach to the study of race and ethnicity.

Collects together 27 of the most important classic and contemporary readings on race and ethnicity.


  • The contributors provide an international focus, and are all recognized leaders in their field.
  • Includes an analytical preface by the editors.
  • Provides coverage of current trends, theoretical perspectives, and policy issues.
  • Topics include ethnic conflict, migration, citizenship, identity, genocide, transnationalism, and ethnic justice.
About the Author
John Stone is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Boston University. He is the author of Racial Conflict in Contemporary Society (1986).

Rutledge Dennis is Professor of Sociology at George Mason University. He is the editor of Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods(1993) and Research in Race and Ethnic Relations: Racial and Ethnic Politics(1997).

Features

  • Collects together 27 of the most important classic and contemporary readings on race and ethnicity.
  • The contributors provide an international focus, and are all recognized leaders in their field.
  • Includes an analytical preface by the editors.
  • Provides coverage of current trends, theoretical perspectives, and policy issues.
  • Topics include ethnic conflict, migration, citizenship, identity, genocide, transnationalism, and ethnic justice.