Ethnic, Racial and Religious Inequalities: The Perils of Subjectivity (Migration, Minorities and Citizenship) - Softcover

Macey, M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1349320234 ISBN 13: 9781349320233

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

This book challenges some of the most basic assumptions underpinning the growing interest in religion, including: that religion is increasing and secularisation is decreasing and that religion is the main component of identity for all minority ethnic people.

About this title

Book Description:

This book challenges the widespread belief that religion is enjoying a major resurgence in the West and that it is central to understanding ethno-religious inequality

About the Author:

MARIE MACEY Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Bradford, UK. Her teaching and research are in the broad general area of equalities, particularly in relation to race and racism, and ethnicity, gender and religion. She has an extensive publications record on these topics in academic and policy/practice journals.  She is author of Multiculturalism, Religion and Women. 

ALAN CARLING Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology in the School of Social and International Studies at the University of Bradford, UK. He has published widely in the areas of social inequality and political philosophy. He is active in various community initiatives in Bradford, and previously served as chair of the Programme for a Peaceful City at the University of Bradford.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1349320234
• ISBN 13: 9781349320233
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232