Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class: The Sociology of Group Conflict and Change

by Joseph F. Healey

Written in a clear, consistent style, the Third Edition of the best-selling text Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class by Joseph Healey eloquently describes and, at times, simply serves as a conduit for, a broad spectrum of experiences related to race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Featuring in-depth analyses of diversity within groups, as well as the multiple interactions between them, Joseph Healey addresses the experiences of women, and many other minority groups, throughout the text. "Narrative Portraits" are integrated into each chapter and provide students with first person accounts and observations from a wide variety of people. At the end of each chapter, "Current Debates" present important issues through the ideas and writings of prominent scholars. In addition, Photo Essays are included at the end of many chapters, visually reinforcing key concepts in a dramatic and memorable fashion. Recommended for courses on race and ethnic relations; minorities; race, ethnicity, and gender; and race, class, and gender.

Genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks, Sociology, Reference

656 pages, Hardcover

First published March 4, 1998

Reviews

[Christy Hammer]

Seems like issues like these are getting more complicated, more scrutiny, and more "back to basics" study just to have some common language to discuss what we think we know about these human relations in context. I've assigned Healey, along with some primary source readings, for a few years now as he does a remarkable job synthesizing the history and nature of both group and individual identity and differences. As typical of the "race and ethnic relations" field, and to separate sociology (too much) from anthropology, the content is US/West-centric but has a decent number of global connections including US immigration issues in the context of global migration. (I think the field is starting to get global, finally, as the first so-titled book on "global racism" has just come out: Race and Power: Global Racism in the Twenty First Century). I predict "global racism" as a growth industry.

I know this is a textbook. Sorry about that. However, it's cheap and is basically "cliff notes" from several hundreds of books pulling from across social and behavioral sciences on...you got it...."race, ethnicity, gender, and class"! Get it if you need it.

[Mildred · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having spent a semester with this book I'm very satisfied with it. Is it perfect? No. Nothing covering these subjects ever could be. This book has given me a solid foundation on which to become a better person.

[Jessica Tryon-Koehler · Rating 1 out of 5]

For a textbook this material is filled with biased opinions from the authors. They present theories as facts and push their personal agendas onto the reader. Very disappointing book.