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Three current issues in ethnic and racial studies
Author(s) -
Banton Michael
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the british journal of sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.826
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-4446
pISSN - 0007-1315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2005.00086.x
Subject(s) - obsolescence , ethnic group , selection (genetic algorithm) , sociology , epistemology , gender studies , political science , anthropology , philosophy , computer science , paleontology , artificial intelligence , biology
Prevailing orthodoxies in British studies of ethnic and racial relations have been challenged, most recently by perspectives developed within cultural studies. The issues that divide the contending parties have still to be clarified. Three of them appear to be: (i) problem definition; (ii) problem selection; and (iii) conceptual obsolescence.