Handbook Of The Sociology Of Racial And Ethnic Relations (handbooks Of Sociology And Social Research)

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The study of racial and ethnic relations has become one of the most studied aspects in sociology and sociological research. In both North America and Europe, many traditional cultures are feeling threatened by immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia. Sociology is at the hub of the human sciences concerned with racial and ethnic relations. Since this discipline is made of multiple paradigms and methodological orientations it has been able to make relevant contributions to disciplines ranging from individual psychology, social psychology, and psychiatry, to economics, anthropology, linguistics, cultural studies, health care delivery and education.

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Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Series Editor: Howard B. Kaplan, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas HANDBOOK OF COMMUNITY MOVEMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Edited by Ram A. Cnaan and Carl Milofsky HANDBOOK OF DISASTER RESEARCH Edited by Havidán Rodríguez, Enrico L. Quarantelli, and Russell Dynes HANDBOOK OF DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION Theory, Science, and Prevention Edited by Zili Sloboda and William J. Bukoski HANDBOOK OF THE LIFE COURSE Edited by Jeylan T. Mortimer and Michael J. Shanahan HANDBOOK OF POPULATION Edited by Dudley L. Poston and Michael Micklin HANDBOOK OF RELIGION AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS Edited by Helen Rose Ebaugh HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL MOVEMENTS ACROSS DISCIPLINES Edited by Conny Roggeband and Bert Klandermans HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Edited by John Delamater HANDBOOK OF SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY Edited by Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION Edited by Maureen T. Hallinan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS Edited by Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF GENDER Edited by Janet Saltzman Chafetz HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL HEALTH Edited by Carol S. Aneshensel and Jo C. Phelan HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF THE MILITARY Edited by Giuseppe Caforio HANDBOOK OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC RELATIONS Edited by Hernán Vera and Joe R. Feagin Handbook of the Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations Edited by Hernán Vera Department of Sociology University of Florida Gainesville, FL Joe R. Feagin Department of Sociology Texas A&M University College Station, TX Hernán Vera Department of Sociology University of Florida Gainesville, FL [email protected] ISBN-13: 978-0-387-70844-7 Joe R. Feagin Department of Sociology Texas A&M University College Station, TX [email protected] e-ISBN-13: 978-0-387-70845-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2007923830 © 2007 Springer Science ⫹ Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science ⫹ Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com Contributors Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Amherst, MA Felix M. Berardo, Departme