An inter-disciplinary and international handbook dealing with one of the central themes of social science, edited by two of the leading academics in race and ethnic studies.

Introduction: Situating Race and Ethnic Studies - Patricia Hill Collins & John Solomos
PART ONE: LOCATING THE FIELD: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS
Theorizing Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Paradigms and Perspectives - Caroline Knowles
Studying ¿Race¿ and Ethnicity: Dominant and Marginalised Discourses in the Critical North American Case - Joe R. Feagin & Eileen O¿Brien
Researching Race and Ethnicity: Methodological Issues - Nancy A. Denton & Glenn D. Deane
The Spirit Lives On: Races and Disciplines - Chetan Bhatt
PART TWO: RACE, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL HIERARCHY
Racism, Class and the Dialectics of Social Transformation - Satnam Virdee
The Nexus of Race and Gender: Parallels, Linkages, and Divergences in Race and Gender Studies - Margaret L. Andersen
Ethnicities and Sexualities - Joane Nagel
Nation and Post-Nation: Nationalism, Transnationalism and Intersections of Belonging - Floya Anthias
PART THREE: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Multiculturalism and Racial Democracy: State Policies and Social Practices - Peter Kivisto
Law, Critical Race Theory, and Related Scholarship - Athena D. Mutua
Ethnic Conflict - Ralph Premdas
Globalization, Migration and Citizenship - Liza Schuster
PART FOUR: DEBATES AND NEW INITIATIVES
The Family as a Race Institution - Maxine Baca Zinn
Race, Ethnicity and Education: The Search for Explanations - James A. Banks & Caryn Park
Still the ¿Most Segregated Hour¿: Religion, Race and the American Experience - Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
Whiteness in the Dramaturgy of Racism - Les Back
No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Political Mobilisation - Michael G. Hanchard & Mark Q. Sawyer
Diaspora and Hybridity - Claire Alexander
Issues for the 21st Century - Patricia Hill Collins & John Solomos