Race and ethnicity in the 21st century
By: edited by Alice Bloch and John Solomos.
Contributors: Bloch, Alice, 1964-; Solomos, John.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780230007789
Subjects: Race relations -- History -- 21st century; Ethnic relations -- History -- 21st century; Multiculturism -- History -- 21st century
Description: "The 21st Century has seen important changes in the role of race and ethnicity. Exploring original research, empirical data and theory, this book examines major questions and issues around housing, employment, asylum, crime and health. Written by experts in the field, the text gives students of sociology useful insight into race and ethnicity today"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Key questions in the sociology of race and ethnicity in the 21st Century; A.Bloch & J.Solomos * Housing and neighbourhoods: A UK and European perspective; M.Harrison & D.Phillips * New communities: Asylum seekers and dispersal; P.Hynes & R.Sales * The continuing significance of "race": Racism, contentious antiracist politics and labour markets in contemporary capitalism; S.Virdee * Rethinking policing and race: From institutional racism to community cohesion; E.McLaughlin * Health and Health Care; J.Nazroo * Education; D.Gillborn & N.Rollock * Media representations of diversity: The power of the mediated image; M.Georgiou * Identity and Public Opinion; A.Heath, C. Rothon, & S. Ali * Race and ethnicity in Britain: Into the 21st Century; A.Bloch & J.Solomos Key questions in the sociology of race and ethnicity in the 21st Century; A.Bloch & J.Solomos * Housing and neighbourhoods: A UK and European perspective; M.Harrison & D.Phillips * New communities: Asylum seekers and dispersal; P.Hynes & R.Sales * The continuing significance of "race": Racism, contentious antiracist politics and labour markets in contemporary capitalism; S.Virdee * Rethinking policing and race: From institutional racism to community cohesion; E.McLaughlin * Health and Health Care; J.Nazroo * Education; D.Gillborn & N.Rollock * Media representations of diversity: The power of the mediated image; M.Georgiou * Identity and Public Opinion; A.Heath, C. Rothon, & S. Ali * Race and ethnicity in Britain: Into the 21st Century; A.Bloch & J.Solomos.