Race and Ethnicity in Modern Britain - Mason, David
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An introduction to race and ethnicity in new-millennium English society. This new edition includes a chapter on the criminal justice system in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. The first chapters set out key concepts and issues, while subsequent ones explore the historical background.
Covering a key topic in sociology, this book is a thorough and lively introduction to race and ethnicity in contemporary British society. This edition explores the most recent data on race and ethnicity and includes a new chapter on the criminal justice system.David Mason, one of Britain's leading…mehr

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An introduction to race and ethnicity in new-millennium English society. This new edition includes a chapter on the criminal justice system in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. The first chapters set out key concepts and issues, while subsequent ones explore the historical background.
Covering a key topic in sociology, this book is a thorough and lively introduction to race and ethnicity in contemporary British society. This edition explores the most recent data on race and ethnicity and includes a new chapter on the criminal justice system.David Mason, one of Britain's leading sociologists of race and ethnicity, addresses key topics such as employment, education, housing, health, criminal justice, and political representation.Throughout the book he emphasises the diversity of experience in modern Britain for different ethnic groups, and examines how these experiences are further mediated by class and gender.
Autorenporträt
David Mason is Professor of Sociology, and Assistant Dean for Research in the faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Plymouth where he has worked since 1994. Previously he had spent some twenty years at the University of Leicester. His long-standing research interests have been in the sociology of race and ethnicity, and he is well known for his work on labour market issues and equal opportunities. He has undertaken research funded by bodies as diverse as ESRC, the Department for Education and Employment, and the English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery, and Health Visiting. Recent work includes research into the recruitment of ethnic minority nurses and on equal opportunities in the armed forces. His publications include Theories of Race and Ethnic relations (CUP 1986) jointly edited with John Rex, and Race and Ethnicity in Modern Britain 1/e , (OUP 1995). He is currently joint Editor of Sociology, the journal of the British Sociological Association and Chair of the Heads