Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches

Warren I. Cohen

Wiley, Mar 7, 2003 - Social Science - 406 pages

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).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Race and Ethnicity: Comparative and Theoretical Approaches; Volume 1 of America's recent past; Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology
• Author: Warren I. Cohen
• Editors: John Stone, Rutledge M. Dennis
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wiley, 2003
• ISBN: 0631186344, 9780631186342
• Length: 406 pages
• Subjects: Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General; Social Science / Minority Studies; Social Science / Sociology / General