Researching Race - Softcover

Ramji, Hasmita

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033522301X ISBN 13: 9780335223015

Publisher: Open Univ Pr, 2009

Synopsis

Researching race has become ever more urgent in order to advance our understanding of how race operates in our society and the implications it has for social cohesion. Aimed at a upper-level student audience this book wishes to combine a critical methodological engagement with an exploration of contemporary dilemmas related to researching race to help address the current dominance of highly theoretical work in this area and render the complex but important debates emerging in this area more accessible for students.

..The book will seek to provide theoretical and empirical tools to explore some of the questions which lie at the heart of current debates around researching race especially with regard to �Western� societies. It considers issues such as how can �race� be sociologically understood? Do different methodological approaches operate with different conceptualizations of �race�? What difficulties is a researcher likely to face when researching a different racial group to their own? These theoretical engagements would facilitate case-study explorations around issues which have been concerning popular and expert attention in recent years in contemporary societies. For example is there an emergence of new forms of identification based on race? How does race impact on an individual�s experience of education and employment? The book aims to provide students with access to a balanced range of approaches and will be available for them to use as a basis for mapping the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. .

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Hasmita Ramji, Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Sociology, City University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Open Univ Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 033522301X
• ISBN 13: 9780335223015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 127