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Conceptualising Racisms: Social Theory, Politics and Research

1994; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 28; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0038038594028001009

1469-8684

John Solomos, Les Back,

Rhetoric and Communication Studies

This paper explores the changing terms of debate about race and racism in contemporary social and political theory. It focuses attention on criticisms of what is often called the `race relations problematic', and looks at some of the critical approaches that have emerged in the past decade. By looking at the questions addressed in the debates of the 1980s and the 1990s, it outlines some of the issues which researches have to address in developing new research agendas. It suggests that we need to rethink key theoretical concepts in order to analyse the complex forms of racism that have emerged in contemporary societies.