The Sage Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies

What is the state of Race and Ethnic Studies today? How has the field emerged? What are the core concepts, debates and issues?

The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies is a vital resource for researchers and students with a panoramic, critical survey of the field. 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
• The relationship between the field and more established disciplines
• Intersections between race and ethnicity and questions sexuality, gender, nation and social transformation
• The challenge of multiculturalism
• Race, ethnicity and globalization
• Race and the family
• Race and education
• Race and religion
• Issues for the 21^st Century