This book examines the demography of race and ethnicity, with emphasis on differential growth rates, stratification and conflict. It details theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that are needed to better comprehend the issue.
Examining key countries in every region of world, this handbook presents population profiles and analyses concerning racial/ethnic disparities and changing intergroup relations. Inside, prominent scholars from various parts of the world and disciplines address the links between stratification, demography, and conflict across the globe.
Organized by region/continent, coverage for each profiled country includes demographic information; a historical overview that addresses past racial/ethnic conflict; identification of the most salient demographic trends and issues that the country faces; theoretical issues related to the linkages between stratification, demography, and conflict; methodological issues including quality of data and cutting-edge methods to better understand the issue at hand; and details on the possible future of the existing trends and issues with particular emphasis on public policy and human rights.
This handbook will help readers to better understand the commonalities and differences that exist globally in the interplay between stratification, demography, and conflict. In addition, it also provides an excellent inventory of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that are needed to better comprehend this issue.
This handbook will appeal to students, researchers, and policy analysts in the areas of race and ethnic relations, demography, inequality, international sociology, international relations, foreign studies, social geography, and social development.
I. INTRODUCTION:
1. Rogelio Sįenz, David G. Embrick, and Néstor P.
Rodrķguez: Introduction: A Framework for Understanding the Race and Ethnic
Transition.- II. NORTH AMERICA:
2. Monica Boyd: Ethnicity and Race in Canada:
Past and Present.-
3. Jenifer Bratter: The Demography of Race and Ethnicity
in the United States.- III. LATIN AMERICA: 4.Maria Isabel Ayala: The
Demography of Race and Ethnicity of Mexico.- 5.David Cook-Martin, Susana
Novick, and Gabriela Mera: Who counts Demography, Race, and Ethnicity in
Argentina.-
6. Tiffany Linton Page: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics in
Venezuela.- 7.Cristian L. Paredes: Race and Ethnicity in Peru.-
8. Edward
Telles: Demography of Race in Brazil. -IV.ASIA:
9. Amarjit Kaur: Demography
of Race and Ethnicity in Southeast Asia.-
10. Arup Maharatna: On the
Demography of India's Broad Social Stratification.-
11. Hiroshi Ono and
Hiromi Ono: Race and Ethnic Relations in Contemporary Japan.-12. Dudley L.
Poston, Jr.; Qian Xiong; Yu-ting Chang; Xiaodan Deng; Dan Yin; and Marilyn
Venegas: The Social Demography of Chinas Minority Nationalities.-
13. Graeme
Hugo: Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Indonesia.-
14. Carol S. Walther,
David G. Embrick, Bhoomi K. Thakore, and Kasey Henricks: Race and Ethnicity
in Contemporary Vietnam.- V. MIDDLE EAST:
15. Samia El-Badry and David A.
Swanson: An Exploratory Examination of Population and Stability in
Afghanistan.-16. Eyal Bar Haim, and Moshe Semyonov: Ethnic Stratification in
Israel.-
17. Mary Hovsepian: The Politics of Demography in Palestine.-
18.
Mehri Mohebbi and Zahra Mohebbi: Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Iran.
-19. Chris Ulack: Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Iraq.- VI. AFRICA:
20.
Fareeda Griffith and Tukufu Zuberi: Demography of Race and Ethnicity in South
Africa.-21. Holly E. Reed and Blessing U. Mberu: Ethnicity, Religion, and
Demographic Behavior in Nigeria.-VII. EUROPE:
22. Elena Ambrosetti andEralba
Cela: Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Italy.-
23. Mehmet Ali Eryurt and
smet Koē: Demography of Ethnicity in Turkey.-
24. Steve Garner and Chris
Gilligan: The Ethnic Demography of Ireland.-
25. Marie des Neiges Léonard:
Who Counts in the Census? Racial and Ethnic Categories in France.-26. Kai A.
Schafft and Lįszló J. Kulcsįr: The Demography of Race and Ethnicity in
Hungary.-
27. Melissa F. Weiner: The Demography of Race and Ethnicity in The
Netherlands: An Ambiguous History of Tolerance and Conflict.- VIII. OCEANIA:
28. Nicholas Biddle, Siew-Ean Khoo, and John Taylor: Indigenous Australia,
White Australia, Multicultural Australia: The Demography of Race and
Ethnicity in Australia.- INDEX.
