Description
Book SynopsisCore textbook for the race and ethnicity course taught at the sophomore/junior level in sociology departments at 4-year institutions.
Race in Society is a comprehensive book about the sociology of race in America. The purpose of the book is to introduce readers to current research scholarship on race, emphasizing the socially constructed basis of race and the persistence of racial inequality in American institutions. The book is anchored in contemporary social science scholarship (and some classical works), but is written in a narrative style to engage reader interest and make it accessible to a wide audience.
Key Themes include:
1.What does race mean? How does it change and emerge over time?
2.How do people think about race and what are the consequences?
3.How is race structured into social institutions?
4.What are different policies and approaches for change toward racial justice?
Table of ContentsPART I: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE
Chapter 1 Race: A Thoroughly Social Ideal
Chapter 2 What Do You Think? Prejudice, Racism, and Colorblindness
Chapter 3 Representing Race: Popular Culture and the Media
Chapter 4 Who Do You Think You Are? Racial Identities and Relationships
Part II: UNDERSTANDING RACIAL STRATIFICATION
Chapter 5Diverse Histories/Common Threads: Race and Ethnicity Build a Nation
Chapter 6Roots of Racial Inequality: Framing the Discussion
Part III: RACE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Chapter 7Economic Inequality: Work, Class, and Poverty
Chapter 8Bringing It Home: Families and Communities
Chapter 9 Race and Place: Residential and Educational Segregation
Chapter 10 It Gets to You: Health Care and the Environment
Chapter 11Justice and Injustice: Race and Crime
PART IV: RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Chapter 12The Long Search for Racial Justice
