Race & Ethnic Studies

This reference traces the changing borders and ethnic balances that characterized the history of Eastern Europe during the 20th century. The book divides Eastern Europe into five regions, from the Baltic to the Balkans, and closely analyses the ethnic structure of each region's units over time...

A systematic examination of the interaction between class structures, social stratification and ethnic differentiation, Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World sheds light on the manner in which social structures produce different levels of economic inequality, offering a five..

A systematic examination of the interaction between class structures, social stratification and ethnic differentiation, Ethnic Stratification and Economic Inequality around the World sheds light on the manner in which social structures produce different levels of economic inequality, offering a five..

Recent debates about national identity, belonging and community cohesion can appear to suggest that ethnicity is a static entity and that ethnic difference is a source of conflict in itself - Ethnicities and Values in a Changing World presents an alternative account of ethnicity. It will appeal not ..

Recent debates about national identity, belonging and community cohesion can appear to suggest that ethnicity is a static entity and that ethnic difference is a source of conflict in itself - Ethnicities and Values in a Changing World presents an alternative account of ethnicity. It will appeal not ..

Employing primary sources and interviews with protagonists of the rebellion of the Italian North, this book explores the invention of the Padanian nation and the construction of identity politics in Northern Italy. It reveals the connection between the ethnic wave in European party politics in the ..

This title was first published in 2002: An up-to-date assessment of the state of equal opportunities provision and initiatives in the National Health Service, set against a consideration of political and social trends in modern Britain associated with the changing character of ethnic identities and ..

Across Europe, multiculturalism as a public policy has been declared ‘dead’ but everyday multiculture is alive and well. This book explores how people live with diversity in cities and towns across Europe today. It weaves together ethnographic case studies with contemporary social and cultural theor..

The contributors to this book remind us of the extent to which contemporary European history is a history of migration. The topics range from the expulsions of ethnic Greeks and Germans after the two world wars to female labour migration from Turkey; they include the formation of a Ukrainian identit..

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oslo, Everyday Life in the Gentrifying City offers an examination of gentrification from below, exploring the effects of this process upon city neighbourhoods and those that inhabit them, whether residents, business owners and their customers, or local ac..

Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Oslo, Everyday Life in the Gentrifying City offers an examination of gentrification from below, exploring the effects of this process upon city neighbourhoods and those that inhabit them, whether residents, business owners and their customers, or local ac..

Expatriate Identities in Postcolonial Organizations offers a timely and contemporary discussion of the role of organizations in maintaining or challenging structures and cultures based on racism and discrimination. It offers a key exploration of the relations between whiteness, identity and organiza..