New Politics of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice

by Howard Winant

Book Overview

It isn't uncommon to hear now that race hardly matters anymore--that we've somehow gotten beyond it. In the face of such pronouncements, and the misconceptions that prompt them, this book aims to show... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081664280X
• ISBN13: 9780816642809
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

The New Politics of Race

Winant delves deeply into the racial issue, at home and globally. I was pleased that he unpacked some of his complex analogies in Racial Formations, which made it easier to grasp. Bravo Howard Winant! Do keep up the good work.

A mix of new and previously published essays

The New Politics Of Race: Globalism, Difference, Justice, is a collection of superbly crafted essays by Howard Winant (Professor of Sociology, University of California - Santa Barbara) dealing with contemporary American social issues arising from considerations of race and ethnicity. A mix of new and previously published essays, The New Politics Of Race combine to provide the reader with a comprehensive perspective on the origins and nature of post-World War II complex racial politics that evolve and persist to the present day. Of special note are Professor Winant's thoughts on identifying the ways in which racial hierarchies everywhere are being reestablished and reenergized (often clandestinely and in newly refashioned forms) by contemporary political state and national forces. Also available in a a hardcover edition (0816642796, $59.95), The New Politics Of Race is a seminal and critically important work of impeccable scholarship which is an invaluable contribution to academic library Contemporary Social Issues, Political Science, and Black Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.