Race and ethnicity in the 21st century / edited by Alice Bloch and John Solomos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloch, Alice, 1964-

Solomos, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Race relations--History--21st century.

Race relations.

Ethnic relations--History--21st century.

Ethnic relations.

Multiculturalism--History--21st century.

Multiculturalism.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230007789

0230007783

9780230007796

0230007791

OCLC:

469914817