By Margaret L. Andersen
ISBN-10: 1442258039
ISBN-13: 9781442258037
Race in Society is a finished, yet short, e-book that introduces readers to present study scholarship on race, emphasizing the socially developed foundation of race and the endurance of racial inequality in U.S. associations. The e-book is anchored in modern social technology scholarship and is written in a story type that makes it available to scholars and a normal readership.
The publication is meant as an top department textual content, essentially for classes within the sociology of race and ethnicity, however it is also utilized in different social technological know-how and interdisciplinary classes and courses. Its short personality will make it appealing to teachers who are looking to pair it with different books and/or anthologies. Given the extensive public curiosity in race, the e-book has the capability to move into the exchange marketplace.
Four issues consultant the association of the ebook, including:
- the social development of race and ethnicity, as they evolve inside of platforms of strength and privilege;
- the social dynamics of prejudice, bias and racism, together with colorblind racism;
- the a number of dimensions of racial stratification in U.S. social associations;
- differing thoughts for social swap, specially because the usa turns into more and more various by way of race and ethnicity.
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