Racial Theories (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Michael Banton's classic book reviews historical theories of racial and ethnic relations and contemporary struggles to supersede them. It shows how eighteenth- and nineteenth-century concepts of race attempted to explain human difference in terms of race as a permanent type and how these were followed by social scientific conceptions of race as a form of status. In a new concluding chapter, "Race as Social Construct," Michael Banton makes the case for a historically sensitive social scientific understanding of racial and ethnic groupings that operates within a more general theory of collective action and is, therefore, able to replace racial explanations as effectively as they have been replaced in biological science. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand contemporary debates about racial and ethnic conflict. This new edition is thoroughly updated and contains a new chapter on developments in recent years.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1998
First published:	1998
Authors:	Michael Banton
Dimensions:	226 x 151 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	264
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-62945-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities Promotions
LSN:	0-521-62945-4
Barcode:	9780521629454

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