Sociology

Interdisciplinary encyclopedia with entries for people, community/urban issues, concepts & theories. criminal justice, economics, education, gender & family, global perspectives, health, immigration, law, media, organizations, policies, racial, ethnic, and nationality groups, religion, and movements and conflicts. Appendices include U.S. historical statistics.

Provides critical information and context on the underlying social, economic, geographical, and political conditions that gave rise to, and continue to foster, racism. Religion, political economy, social activism, health, concepts, and constructs are explored. Given the increasingly diverse population of the United States and the rapid effects of globalization, as well as mass and social media, the issue of race in world affairs, history, and culture is of preeminent importance.