Race & Ethnic Studies Books

New and Published Books

1. Geographies of the Haitian Diaspora

   Edited by Regine O. Jackson

   Series: Routledge Studies on African and Black Diaspora

   This book considers the full sweep of Haitian community invention and recreation in a multitude of national territories, with an eye toward the "place" factors that shape the everyday lives of Haitian migrants. Regine O. Jackson brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to explore how...

   Published May 22nd 2013 by Routledge
2. Fleeing Homophobia

   Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Asylum

   Edited by Thomas Spijkerboer

   Each year, thousands of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) asylum seekers apply for asylum in EU Member States.This book considers the position of LGBTI asylum seekers in European asylum law. Developing an encompassing approach to the topic, the book identifies and analyzes...

   Published May 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Transnational Agency and Migration

   Actors, Movements, and Social Support

   Edited by Stefan Köngeter, Wendy Smith

   Series: Routledge Research in Transnationalism

   Migrants, both spatially and mentally, no longer settle in only one national territory but interact or move across borders regularly, profoundly challenging the nation-state and the image of society as a container. This volume explores the ways in which migrants connect social worlds...

   Published May 14th 2013 by Routledge
4. Black Women in Television

   An Illustrated History and Bibliography

   By George H. Hill, Lorraine Raglin, Chas Floyd Johnson

   Series: Routledge Library Editions: Television

   This bibliography lists more than 700 articles, books, dissertations, and theses on the participation of African American women in the television industry. Includes materials on specific television personalities and programs, and black women's involvement as producers, news anchors, and editorial...

   Published May 8th 2013 by Routledge
5. Racial Exclusionism and the City

   The Urban Support of the National Front

   By Christopher T. Husbands

   First published in 1983, this book reports on the results of a survey in thirteen areas of England where the National Front (NF) had previously gained significant levels of electoral support and examines the social and political histories of these areas to reveal not only who and was voting for the...

   Published May 7th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Chinese/Vietnamese Diaspora

   Revisiting the boat people

   Edited by Yuk Wah Chan

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands. These refugees, mainly the Vietnamese, fled from war and strife in search of a better life elsewhere. By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia, this book sheds new light on the Asian refugee...

   Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge
7. Islam and China's Hong Kong

   Ethnic Identity, Muslim Networks and the New Silk Road

   By Wai-Yip Ho

   Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series

   Hong Kong is a global city-state under the sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China, and is home to around 250,000 Muslims practicing Islam. However existing studies of the Muslim-majority communities in Asia and the Northwest China largely ignore the Muslim community in Hong Kong. Islam and...

   Published April 29th 2013 by Routledge
8. Statecraft and Spectacle in East Asia

   Studies in Taiwan-Japan Relations

   Edited by Adam Clulow

   Statecraft and Spectacle in East Asia is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that explores the intertwined histories of Taiwan and Japan across the long sweep of the early modern and modern periods. Drawing on new research by scholars from Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, it moves...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. New Racial Missions of Policing

   International Perspectives on Evolving Law-Enforcement Politics

   Edited by Paul Amar

   Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

   This book identifies new formations of race, racism and ethnicity at the intersection of neoliberalism, security, urban governance and the law through a comparative, international analysis of police organizations and practices. It pushes analytical and theoretical boundaries by examining...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
10. Migrant Politics and Mobilisation

    Exclusion, Engagements, Incorporation

    Edited by Davide Pero, John Solomos

    Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies

    In recent years immigration and the integration of migrants and minorities have become politicised in public and policy debates in Britain, the rest of Europe and the United States. In such debates, migrants are commonly treated as objects of politics and spoken in terms of management, national...

    Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge