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Understanding Race and Ethnic Relations 2/e

Vincent N. Parrillo

Published April 2004 by Allyn & Bacon
Copyright 2005, 208 pp., Paper
ISBN: 0-205-41482-6
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Summary

Understanding Race…
This concise introduction to the core theories, concepts, and issues of race and ethnic relations in the United States includes numerous macro, middle-range, and micro-sociological theories. The second edition now includes a separate chapter on Ethnic Stratification (Ch. 3) that examines structural conditions, ethnicity and social class, and sociological theories of ethnic stratification. Separate chapters on Prejudice (Ch. 4) and Discrimination (Ch. 5) offer expanded coverage of these topics. Figures have been updated throughout to reflect the most current Census data.

Other Titles of Interest
Strangers to these Shores: Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States, Seventh Edition by Vincent Parrillo. ISBN 0-205-41477-X.

Features

  • Includes numerous macro-, middle-range, and micro-sociological theories, for flexibility in the classroom.
  • Contains details from the 2001 National Social Distance Study.
  • Discusses “The Dillingham Flaw” and the importance of viewing the foreign-born presence in the U.S. within a larger context—from a sociological perspective—in order to avoid inaccurate historical comparisons.
  • Examines the most current Census Bureau projections to speculate what U.S. race, religion, and ethnicity might be like in the mid-21st century.
  • The Appendix provides detailed data on immigration to the U.S. from 1820 through the present.


Table of Contents



1. The Study of Minorities.

The Stranger as a Social Phenomenon.

The A Sociological Perspective.

The Minority Groups.

The Racial and Ethnic Groups.

The Ethnocentrism.

The Objectivity.

The The Dillingham Flaw.

The Personal Troubles and Public Issues.

The The Dynamics of Intergroup Relations.



2. The Role of Culture.

The The Concept of Culture.

The Cultural Change.

The Theories of Minority Integration.

The Is There a White Culture?



3. Ethnic Stratification.

The Structural Conditions.

The Social Class.

The The Power Differential Theory.

The The Internal Colonialism Theory.

The Origins of Ethnic Stratification.



4. Prejudice.

The The Psychology of Prejudice.

The The Sociology of Prejudice.

The Stereotyping.

The Television's Influence.

The Advertising and Music.

The Can Prejudice Be Reduced?

The Diversity Training.



5. Discrimination

The Levels of Discrimination.

The Relationships Between Prejudice and Discrimination.

The Social and Institutional Discrimination.

The The Affirmative Action Controversy.

The Racial Profiling.



6. Dominant-Minority Relations

The Minority-Group Responses.

The Consequences of Minority-Group Status.

The Dominant-Group Responses.

The Exploitation.



7. The Ever-Changing U.S. Mosaic.

The Ethnic Consciousness.

The The Changing Face of Ethnicity.

The Current Ethnic Issues.

The Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Future.




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