The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies

Patricia Hill Collins is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, US.  John Solomos is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick. He has researched and written widely on the history and contemporary forms of race and ethnic relations in Britain, theories of race and racism, the politics of race, equal opportunity policies, multiculturalism and social policy, race and football, and racist movements and ideas. His most recent book is Antiracism: A Critique (Polity Press 2025). He has been Joint-Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies since 1995. The journal publishes16 issues a year by Routledge. He is also co-editor of the book series on Racism, Resistance and Social Change for Manchester University Press (with Satnam Virdee and Aaron Winter).

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.

• Introduction: Situating Race and Ethnic Studies - Patricia Hill Collins & John SolomosPART ONE: LOCATING THE FIELD: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONSTheorizing Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Paradigms and Perspectives - Caroline KnowlesStudying ′Race′ and Ethnicity: Dominant and Marginalised Discourses in the Critical North American Case - Joe R. Feagin & Eileen O′BrienResearching Race and Ethnicity: Methodological Issues - Nancy A. Denton & Glenn D. DeaneThe Spirit Lives On: Races and Disciplines - Chetan BhattPART TWO: RACE, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL HIERARCHYRacism, Class and the Dialectics of Social Transformation - Satnam VirdeeThe Nexus of Race and Gender: Parallels, Linkages, and Divergences in Race and Gender Studies - Margaret L. AndersenEthnicities and Sexualities - Joane NagelNation and Post-Nation: Nationalism, Transnationalism and Intersections of Belonging - Floya AnthiasPART THREE: THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF RACE AND ETHNICITYMulticulturalism and Racial Democracy: State Policies and Social Practices - Peter KivistoLaw, Critical Race Theory, and Related Scholarship - Athena D. MutuaEthnic Conflict - Ralph PremdasGlobalization, Migration and Citizenship - Liza SchusterPART FOUR: DEBATES AND NEW INITIATIVESThe Family as a Race Institution - Maxine Baca ZinnRace, Ethnicity and Education: The Search for Explanations - James A. Banks & Caryn ParkStill the ′Most Segregated Hour′: Religion, Race and the American Experience - Cheryl Townsend GilkesWhiteness in the Dramaturgy of Racism - Les BackNo Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Political Mobilisation - Michael G. Hanchard & Mark Q. SawyerDiaspora and Hybridity - Claire AlexanderIssues for the 21st Century - Patricia Hill Collins & John Solomos