Racial Conflict in Global Society (eBook)

John Stone, Polly Rizova (Autoren)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7456-8640-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one
of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and
engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power
and conflict in the creation, persistence and transformation of
patterns of race and ethnic relations across the globe.

Stone and Rizova employ a neo-Weberian comparative approach to
explore how evolving systems of group conflict have been - and
continue to be - impacted by changes in the world system, global
capitalism, multinational corporations, and transnational alliances
and institutions. The authors analyse critical debates about
'post-racialism', 'exceptionalism', ethnic
warfare and diversity management in global organizations, drawing
on cases from South Africa to Darfur, and from global migration to
the Arab Spring uprisings. In conclusion, the search for effective
strategies of conflict resolution and the quest for racial justice
are evaluated from multiple perspectives.

Racial Conflict in Global Society provides stimulating
insights into the basic factors underlying racial conflict and
consensus in the early decades of the twenty-first century. It is
essential reading for scholars and students across the social and
political sciences, management and international relations.

Autor

John Stone is Professor of Sociology at Boston University. He is the founding editor of the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies. Polly Rizova is Associate Professor of Management at Willamette University.

Inhalt

Introduction

Chapter 1. Diversity: Conflicts in the New Millennium

Chapter 2. Power: The Changing Geo-politics of Race

Chapter 3. Boundaries: Identity in the New World Disorder

Chapter 4. Organizations: Challenges Facing Global Institutions

Chapter 5. Violence: Extreme Racial Conflict

Chapter 6. Justice: The Search for Solutions

Notes

Rezensionen

An outstanding, thoroughly accessible account of race issues across the planet, showing impeccable scholarship and an international grasp of contemporary debates. This book is certain to have a significant impact on generations of scholars and students grappling with these questions now and in the future.
Ian Law, CERS (Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies), University of Leeds

This gracefully written volume corrects the narrow views of race and racism that have become increasingly dominant in recent years. Stretching across the globe and historical eras, this is a masterful survey, which manages to inform without getting the reader lost in details by developing a supple yet coherent perspective with deep roots in social theory.
Richard Alba, CUNY

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.9.2014
• Reihe/Serie: PPSS - Polity Political Sociology series
• Reihe/Serie: PPSS - Polity Political Sociology series
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker)
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Cultural Studies • Kulturwissenschaften • Political Sociology • Politische Soziologie • Race & Ethnicity Studies • Rassenkonflikt • Rassen- u. Ethnienforschung • Social Policy & Welfare • Social Problems • Sociology • Soziale Probleme • Sozialpolitik u. Wohlfahrt • Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-7456-8640-0 / 0745686400
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7456-8640-0 / 9780745686400