Realism and Racism: Concepts of Race in Sociological ResearchPsychology Press, 2000 - 185 pages 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. |
Contents
postmodernism | 26 |
A realist social science | 55 |
Realism race and racism 82 | 82 |
Race concepts and the cultural system | 97 |
195183 | 124 |
racism discrimination and realistic | 139 |
Defending a science of the social | 158 |
Bibliography | 173 |