Race in Society: The Enduring American Dilemma by Margaret L. Andersen (English)

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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.

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Core 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?

Author Biography

Margaret L. Andersen is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware where she also holds joint appointments in Black American Studies and Women's Studies. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and is the Past-Vice President of the American Sociological Association and Past President of the Eastern Sociological Society from which she received ESS Merit Award. Professor Andersen has received The Eastern Sociological Society Merit Award for career contributions and the American Sociological Association's Jessie Bernard Award, an award given for expanding the boundaries of sociology to include women. She is the author of several bestselling textbooks, including Thinking about Women, 10th edition, Race, Class and Gender (co-edited with Patricia Hill Collins; 9th ed.), Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape (co-edited with Elizabeth Higginbotham; 4th edition), and Sociology: The Essentials (co-authored, Howard F. Taylor, 9th ed.).

Table of Contents

PART I: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACEChapter 1 Race: A Thoroughly Social IdealChapter 2 What Do You Think? Prejudice, Racism, and Colorblindness Chapter 3 Representing Race: Popular Culture and the MediaChapter 4 Who Do You Think You Are? Racial Identities and RelationshipsPart II: UNDERSTANDING RACIAL STRATIFICATIONChapter 5Diverse Histories/Common Threads: Race and Ethnicity Build a NationChapter 6Roots of Racial Inequality: Framing the DiscussionPart III: RACE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONSChapter 7Economic Inequality: Work, Class, and PovertyChapter 8Bringing It Home: Families and CommunitiesChapter 9 Race and Place: Residential and Educational SegregationChapter 10 It Gets to You: Health Care and the EnvironmentChapter 11Justice and Injustice: Race and Crime PART IV: RACE AND SOCIAL CHANGEChapter 12The Long Search for Racial Justice

Review

Andersen's Race and Society engages the classroom with contemporary social scientific scholarship in race and ethnicity and wrestles with the historically rooted and contemporarily experienced complexities of racial and ethnic inequalities across individual, interpersonal, and institutional domains, all while pointing students toward racial justice.Examining the full range of sociology of race in the US, Andersen's second edition provides accessible and up-to-date material for students to think critically about racial inequality and racial justice.Overall, Race in Society presents the data necessary to develop students' ability to think critically about the social implications of race . . . Students will undoubtedly develop an understanding of how race is both a permanent fixture and yet a malleable construct in society at the same time. Students will likely appreciate the frequent references to contemporary phenomena such as racialized emojis and the Fight for 15 Movement. By prioritizing the relevance of race and racism through the acknowledgment of how it interacts with other structures in society, students who engage with this textbook will undoubtedly establish a critical sociological imagination, one attuned to how social inequality exists while recognizing that it doesn't have to persist.

Long Description

Core 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?

Review Quote

Andersen's Race and Society engages the classroom with contemporary social scientific scholarship in race and ethnicity and wrestles with the historically rooted and contemporarily experienced complexities of racial and ethnic inequalities across individual, interpersonal, and institutional domains, all while pointing students toward racial justice.

Feature

2/11/2021 - CHOICE featured this title in a list of Forthcoming Titles in African American Studies. Link: "Living with Racism" boxes provide first-person narratives about the experience of racism to help students build their sociological imaginationso"Learning Our Past" boxes provide glimpses into parts of US history that are often unknown or forgotten and help debunk racial mythso"Taking Action against Racism" boxes guide students to actions they can take, even if small ones, to make this a more just societyoChapter-opening learning objectives and framing questions for each major chapter section provide students with a reading road map while exercises and critical thinking questions encourage classroom discussionoKey terms and a glossary build a vocabulary for discussing sociology of race and ethnicity

New Feature

oNew coverage of the effects of COVID-19 included throughout the book, including its impact on anti-Asian racism, violent crime, racial disparities in health care, and people of color in low wage service jobsoExpanded discussion of immigration, including US politics about immigration and national borders displays the connection between immigration and racializationoUpdated discussion of policing, police violence, and both historical and contemporary acts of vigilante "justice" against people of coloroUpdated information on residential and educational segregation including new material on the racial achievement gap and the effects of school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic

Details ISBN1538129833 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield ISBN-10 1538129833 ISBN-13 9781538129838 Format Paperback Author Margaret L. Andersen Short Title Race in Society Language English Edition 2nd Subtitle The Enduring American Dilemma Year 2021 DEWEY 305.800973 Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Place of Publication Lanham, MD Country of Publication United States Illustrations Text Boxes; Illustrations, unspecified; Graphs; Tables; Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; Black & White Illustrations NZ Release Date 2021-03-23 UK Release Date 2021-03-23 Pages 434 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2021-04-21 Edition Description Second Edition, Acting edition Publication Date 2021-03-12 US Release Date 2021-03-12 We've got this

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