This is a thoroughly updated version of an old classic
There is little in the way of direct competition, that is in terms of offering an easily digestible overview of the subject
As high profile cases of racist violence and more subtle forms of racism continue to proliferate, racism remains a highly relevant topic and shows no sign of abating
Robert Miles is the Director of Study Abroad and Professor of Sociology and International Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Malcolm Brown is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter.
Part 1: Situating Racism 1. Introduction 2. Representations of the Other Part 2: Conceptualising Racism 3. The Unity of Racism: A critique of conceptual inflation 4. The Diversity of Racism: A critique of conceptual deflation 5. On Signification Part 3: Contextualising Racism 6. Racism and Class Relations 7. Racism, the Nation State and Globalisation