Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms

<p>The study of contemporary forms of racism has expanded greatly over the past four decades. Although it has been a focus for scholarship and research for the past three centuries it is perhaps over this more recent period that we have seen important transformations in the analytical frames and methods to explore the changing patterns of contemporary racisms. The<i> Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Racisms </i>brings together thirty-four original chapters from international experts that address key features of contemporary racisms.</p><p></p><p>The <i>Handbook </i>has a truly global orientation and covers contemporary racisms in both the western and non-western geopolitical environments. In terms of structure the volume is organized into ten interlinked parts that include Theories and Histories Contemporary Racisms in Global Perspective Racism and the State Racist Movements and Ideologies Anti-Racisms Racism and Nationalism Intersections of Race and Gender Racism Culture and Religion Methods of Studying Contemporary Racisms and the End of Racism. These parts contain chapters that draw on original theoretical and empirical research to address the evolution and changing forms of contemporary racism. The <i>Handbook</i> is framed by a General Introduction and by short introductions to each part that provide an overview of key themes and concerns.</p><p></p><p>Written in a clear and direct style and from a conceptual multidisciplinary and international perspective the <i>Handbook </i>will provide students scholars and practitioners with an overview of the most pressing issues of Racisms in our time.</p>