Black reflective sociology [electronic resource] : epistemology, theory, and methodology / John H. Stanfield, II.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Epistemological considerations -- The ethnocentric basis of social science -- Epistemological considerations -- Slipping through the front door : relevant social scientific evaluation in the people of color century -- Prophetic social scientists -- Epistemological reconsiderations and new considerations : or what have i been learning since 1993 -- Rethinking and reconceptualizing race and ethnicity -- Theoretical and ideological barriers to the study of race making in mature industrial societies -- Racism in America and in other race-centered nation-states : synchronic considerations -- Ethnic pluralism and civic responsibility in post Cold War America -- The nebulous state of American race relations theories : anomalies, paradigmatic erosion, and decline -- The myth of race and the human sciences -- Building functional and productive multiethnic societies -- Sociological and theological musings about race -- Qualitative methods : epistemological and theory of practice considerations -- Methodological reflections : an introduction to race and ethnicity in research methods -- Life history analysis and racial stratification research -- Archival methods in race relations research -- Ethnic modeling in qualitative research -- Racial and ethnic conflict studies : methodological dilemmas -- Psychoanalytic ethnography and the transformation of racially wounded communities -- The possible restorative justice functions of qualitative research.

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