Ethnic and Racial Studies
About the Book Series
Race, ethnicity and nationalism are at the heart of many of the major social and political issues in the present global environment. New antagonisms have emerged which require a rethinking of traditional theoretical and empirical perspectives. The books in this series are based on special issues of Ethnic and Racial Studies, the leading journal for the analysis of these issues throughout the world. Expert authors and editors present interdisciplinary research and theoretical analysis, drawing on sociology, social policy, anthropology, political science, economics, geography, international relations, history, social psychology and cultural studies.
Whiteness as Property: Re-Assessing the Convergence of Race and Property in U.S. History
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By Grit Grigoleit Richter, Felix Krämer
December 07, 2026
This volume revisits legal scholar Cheryl I. Harris' influential concept of ‘whiteness as property,’ which shows how racial identity has been transformed into a legally protected property interest throughout U.S. history. Building on Harris' groundbreaking analysis, this book traces how this logic ...
Critical Anti-Racist Praxis in Education and Academia: Methodologies for Centering Otherized Knowledges
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By F. Zehra Çolak, Leila Mouhib
October 19, 2026
This book interrogates the structural embedding of racism within educational systems and academia. It brings together an international cohort of scholars to explore how racialization operates across diverse institutional and national contexts. Through a focus on lived experiences and embodied ...
Mechanisms and Mechanics of Racial Hierarchy
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By Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Amanda E. Lewis, Pamela Zabala Ortiz
September 28, 2026
Recent efforts to advance conceptualisations of racial hierarchies have led to the emergence of new debates about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of racism and racial domination. The chapters in this book address these questions by identifying both the mechanisms that produce racial hierarchies and the actors ...
The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election: Racism, Racialization, Response and Resistance
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By Enid Logan
September 14, 2026
This book examines the 2024 U.S. presidential election, providing a critical analysis of how race shaped one of America's most consequential political moments. In a society as racialised as the United States, presidential elections are inherently racialised affairs, and this collection addresses ...
Football, Migration and Racism: Global Perspectives
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By Marco Martiniello, John Solomos
September 07, 2026
Football, Migration and Racism examines the complex intersections of racism, antiracism, football, and migration in contemporary global contexts. Drawing from a themed issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies, the volume investigates how race influences football cultures across different national ...
Unsettling Integration: Decolonial Acts of Belonging
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By Fiona Murphy, Ulrike M. Vieten
July 06, 2026
This book critically examines the concept of refugee integration, challenging its colonial underpinnings and structural asymmetries while exploring alternative possibilities for inclusion. Through grounded case studies in Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, and Kenya, it delves into how ...
Multisensory Approaches in Migration Studies
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By Karolina Nikielska-Sekuła, Amandine Desille
May 29, 2026
Multisensory Approaches in Migration Studies rethinks how we understand human mobility by placing the sensing, feeling body at the centre of migration research. Challenging decades of scholarship dominated by textual and state-centred perspectives, this volume reveals how people's multisensory ...
Unwritten Afro-Iberian Memories and Histories: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Portugal and Spain
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By Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré
May 22, 2026
This book sketches out an innovative Afro-Iberian mosaic that puts forgotten memories and histories into circulation, constructing an Afro-Iberian past that is critical of the cultural racialization of Spaniards and Portuguese. It builds an early late modern and contemporary Afro-Iberian history ...
Refugee Resettlement as an Institution
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By Rawan Arar, Molly Fee, Heba Gowayed, Blair Sackett
April 27, 2026
This book examines how scholars and policymakers primarily characterize refugee resettlement as a humanitarian solution or a migration pathway. While these descriptions may be accurate, they are not comprehensive. This book examines how such framing influences understandings of resettlement's scope...
Remembering and Dealing with Violent Pasts: Diasporic Experiences and Transnational Dimensions
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By Dilyara Müller-Suleymanova
March 25, 2026
In an era defined by armed conflicts and mass displacement, this book offers a powerful journey into the lives of diasporic communities as they grapple with memories of war, genocide and persecution. Drawing on eight case studies - from Rwandan, Bosnian and Kurdish diasporas to Ukrainian, Chechen ...
The Racism Debate in Germany: Concepts of Anti-Racism and Matters of Solidarity
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By Manuela Bojadžijev, Robin Celikates, Paul Mecheril
February 04, 2026
This book traces current debates on the critical theory of racism in Germany and emphasizes its contribution to the global discourse on racism and anti-racism. It provides a comprehensive examination of the key debates, blind spots, and pitfalls of this theory while exploring the politicization of ...
Queer Liberalisms and Marginal Mobilities
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By Fadi Saleh, Mengia Tschalär
January 22, 2026
This book addresses queer migration through the intersectional lens of queer liberalisms, authoritarianism, and marginal mobilities. Globally, LGBTIQ+ rights form an inherent part of human rights discourse and politics. At the same time, this very human rights language is increasingly used by ...