Publisher's Synopsis
Race relations are the central issue which faces society at the end of the 20th-century. What makes race so intractable? Why are the problems so resilient to policies programmes. Since publication of the third edition of this text, events have continually changed how race is viewed. The O.J.Simpson trial, the division of the former Yugoslavia along ethnic lines, the bombing of the Alfred Murran Federal Building and the subsequent attention paid to right-wing extremists in the United States, have all affected how the issues surrounding race are reported in the media and studied in the classroom. This edition includes revision of the entries and new entries - black feminism, causes celebres, environmental racism, and hybridity.
