1st Edition
Realism and Racism Concepts of Race in Sociological Research
By Bob Carter
Copyright 2000
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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There are continuing difficulties within social science surrounding concepts of race. This book suggests that these difficulties stem from the uncertain ontological and epistemological status of ideas about race, itself a consequence of the recognition that concepts of race have all but lost their relevance as sociologically significant descriptions. This book surveys ways in which social... Read more
Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. A sociological concept of race, 2 Discourse, identity and difference: postmodernism and concepts of race, 3 A realist social science, 4 Realism, race and racism, 5 Race concepts and the cultural system, 6 Culture, structure and agency ( 1 ): 1945-51, 7 Culture, structure and agency (2): 1951-83, 8 Doing without race: racism, discrimination and realistic measurement, 9 Defending a science of the social, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Carter, Bob
