RACISM, MODERNITY AND IDENTITY - ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Softcover

"[The] strength of this collection is that it does not deliver a reassuring unanimity of opinion." Millennium "[This book] bring[s] together some of the most original and influential writers on racism and changing ethnicities in the context of recent transformations in Europe, the US and other parts of the globe." Sociology "This excellent book is a collection of nine uniformly perceptive essays, and deserves a warm welcome." Political Studies "This book has much to offer. In particular, its attention to the centrality of racism in the construction of western identities and the unpacking of the myths that are integral to the formation of the a western fronta provide a refreshing analysis of contemporary racisms." Patterns of Prejudice

This volume's primary focus is on analyzing racism and changing ethnicities in Europe and the United States in the context of new forms of global dislocation, economic recession, the resurgence of neo-Fascism, and a widespread sense of the crisis of Western modernity.