"The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies is one of the best handbooks outlining the latest thinking on race and ethnic studies published in recent years...The breadth of themes and the depth of discussion are ambitious, offering the reader an A-Z guide of contemporary thinking on race and ethnicity...a valuable resource for scholars and activists alike." - Runnymede Bulletin What is the state of race and ethnic studies today? How has the field emerged? What are the core concepts, debates and issues? This panoramic, critical survey of the field supplies researchers and students with a vital resource. It is a rigorous, focused examination of the central questions in the field today. The text examines: The roots of the field of race and ethnic studies. The distinction between race and ethnicity. Methodological issues facing researchers. Intersections between race and ethnicity and questions of sexuality, gender, nation and social transformation. The challenge of multiculturalism. Race, ethnicity and globalization. Race and the family. Race and education. Race and religion. Planned and edited by a distinguished team of Anglo-American scholars, the Handbook pools an impressive range of international world class expertise and insight. It provides a landmark work in the field which will be the measure of debate and research for years to come.

Table of Contents:
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