Realism and Racism
Concepts of Race in Sociological Research
Published on 4. January 2002
192 pages
978-1-134-56872-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 scientists have attempted to come to terms with this situation, before developing an alternative approach based on recent work by realist authors. This approach offers a radical revision of orthodox debates about race concepts, about the possibility of a social science and about the nature of empirical research. This illustrated through two policy examples: an account of post war migration to the UK, and debates about trans-racial adoption in the UK and the USA.
This book surveys ways in which social scientists have attempted to come to terms with this situation, before developing an alternative approach based on recent work by realist authors. This approach offers a radical revision of orthodox debates about race concepts, about the possibility of a social science and about the nature of empirical research. This illustrated through two policy examples: an account of post war migration to the UK, and debates about trans-racial adoption in the UK and the USA.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-56872-7 (9781134568727)
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Person
Carter, Bob
Content
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
