What is the state of Race and Ethnic Studies today? How has the field emerged? What are the core concepts, debates and issues?

The SAGE Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies is a vital resource for researchers and students with a panoramic, critical survey of the field. A rigorous, focused examination of the central questions in the field today, the text examines:

The roots of the field of race and ethnic studiesThe distinction between race and ethnicity Methodological issues facing researchersThe relationship between the field and more established disciplinesIntersections between race and ethnicity and questions sexuality, gender, nation and social transformationThe challenge of multiculturalismRace, ethnicity and globalizationRace and the familyRace and educationRace and religionIssues for the 21st Century