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In a world where racial tensions and racial and ethnic inequality seem to be increasing, it is instructive to look back over the decade of the 1990s to examine what academic researchers have had to say about the global nature of race, racism, and racial inequality. Almost every country with a multiethnic population faces these problems. This collection of essays provides an eclectic but accessible mix of readings on perspectives from such countries as Australia, Russia, France, Chile, West Africa, India, and the United States. Emphasis is placed on positive strategies to help reduce or…mehr

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In a world where racial tensions and racial and ethnic inequality seem to be increasing, it is instructive to look back over the decade of the 1990s to examine what academic researchers have had to say about the global nature of race, racism, and racial inequality. Almost every country with a multiethnic population faces these problems. This collection of essays provides an eclectic but accessible mix of readings on perspectives from such countries as Australia, Russia, France, Chile, West Africa, India, and the United States. Emphasis is placed on positive strategies to help reduce or eliminate economic inequality. The implications for the demise of affirmative action programs are also discussed. Pre-dating the United Nation's World Conference on Racism, the readings anticipate many of the recommendations and insights that have now come to be the core of international strategies. This collection will prove valuable to all those concerned with ending racism and achieving racial and ethnic economic equality.
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"This timely collection of essays provides a unique perspective on persistent inequality faced by racial and ethnic minority groups around the world. Particularly valuable is the attention paid to indigenous people and the racism and discrimination they face." (Graham Hingangaroa Smith, Distinguished Professor in Indigenous Education, The University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Ethnic/racial inequality is a pervasive international phenomenon present in both the poorest and the most affluent of nations. This volume brings together an invaluable and a diverse array of papers that explore, in a comparative context, policy measures intended to close the gap. It will serve as a definitive text for ongoing conversations about how best to achieve group-based social justice." (William Darity Jr., Boshamer Professor of Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Research Professor of Public Policy Studies, Duke University)
"The book with its broad international perspective will make an excellent supplemental reading for courses dealing with racial and ethnic minorities at the undergraduate and graduate level." (Professor Kay Madson, Professor of Sociology, Concordia University - Saint Paul)