BOOKS

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power

Emma Soubrier

In the years following the turmoil of the Arab Spring, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates jockeyed for power, becoming significant forces—and rivals—in regional politics. Emma Soubrier unpacks the nuts and bolts of these two small states' rise to prominence, exploring how their diverging foreign and security policies have enabled both of them to become power players in the Middle    More >

Qatar and the United Arab Emirates: Diverging Paths to Regional and Global Power

Qatar: Politics and the Challenges of Development

Matthew Gray

A small isthmus in the central Gulf, with barely 300,000 citizens and a total population of 1.7 million, Qatar has risen rapidly from obscurity to become the world's wealthiest country per capita. Matthew Gray traces this spectacular rise, exploring the development of Qatar's economy, the patterns of its politics, its role on the world stage, and its prospects for the future.    More >

Qatar: Politics and the Challenges of Development

Quality of Life and Wellbeing in South Africa

Vasu Reddy, Narnia Bohler-Muller, Zitha Mokomane, and Crain Soudien, editors

In this latest entry in HSRC's State of the Nation series, the authors focus on fresh perspectives on notions of the quality of life and wellbeing in South Africa. Their work reflects two fundamental arguments: that economic factors alone do not determine quality of life, and that typical concepts of income inequality do not adequately encompass such variables as race, gender, and culture. Not    More >

Quality of Life and Wellbeing in South Africa

Queer People of Color: Connected but Not Comfortable

Angelique Harris, Juan Battle, and Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr.

As individuals who historically have faced multiple forms of oppression, queer people of color often find themselves struggling to "fit in." What impact does this have on their sociopolitical involvement within their communities of color? Within the queer community? And to what effect? Based on one of the largest surveys to date of African American, Latina/o, Asian American, and Pacific    More >

Queer People of Color: Connected but Not Comfortable

Questions of Character: The Presidency of Donald J. Trump

Robert C. Smith

Conversations about Donald Trump often begin with the question: how did he become president? In Questions of Character, Robert Smith provides some compelling answers based on his assessment of the role that personality and character played leading up to and during Trump's term in office. Smith traces the impact of Trump's character on the conduct of domestic and foreign policy,    More >

Questions of Character: The Presidency of Donald J. Trump

Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men

Marvin D. Free, Jr. and Mitch Ruesink

Choice Outstanding Academic Book! In this investigation of some 350 wrongful convictions of African American men, Marvin Free and Mitch Ruesink critically examine how issues of race undercut the larger goals of our criminal justice system. Free and Ruesink expand the focus of wrongful conviction studies to include not only homicide, but also sexual assault, drug dealing, and nonviolent    More >

Race and Justice: Wrongful Convictions of African American Men

Race and the Death Penalty: The Legacy of "McCleskey v. Kemp"

David P. Keys and R.J. Maratea, editors

In what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our times, the US Supreme Court found in McCleskey v. Kemp that evidence of overwhelming racial disparities in the capital punishment process could not be admitted in individual capital cases—in effect institutionalizing a racially unequal system of criminal justice. Exploring the enduring legacy of this radical decision nearly three    More >

Race and the Death Penalty: The Legacy of "McCleskey v. Kemp"

Race in the Schools: Perpetuating White Dominance?

Judith R. Blau

Winner of the ASA Oliver Cromwell Cox Award Judith Blau's disturbing study presents strong evidence that our schools, assumed by many to be an equalizing force in U.S. society, are in fact racialized settings that reproduce white advantage—to the detriment of all students. Drawing on rich, longitudinal databases, Blau explores the values, activities, and educational experiences of a    More >

Race in the Schools: Perpetuating White Dominance?

Race, Class, and the State in Contemporary Sociology: The William Julius Wilson Debates

Jack Niemonen

A comprehensive guide to the current race-class debate in sociology, Race,Class, and the State traces the evolution of the controversy and analyzes current trends in the field. Focusing on the work legacy of William Julius Wilson and the arguments of his longstanding critics, Niemonen deftly illustrates the strengths, weaknesses, and influence of Wilson's work. His fair-minded but critical    More >

Race, Class, and the State in Contemporary Sociology: The William Julius Wilson Debates

Race, Ethnicity, and Power in Ecuador: The Manipulation of Mestizaje

Karem Roitman

How do today's Latin American elites understand and relate to ideas of power, race, ethnicity, and mestizaje? And what impact does that understanding have on the dynamics of socioeconomic development in ethnically mixed societies? Focusing on the case of Ecuador—a country struggling to recast its mestizo identity in the aftermath of dramatic indigenous uprisings—Karem Roitman    More >

Race, Ethnicity, and Power in Ecuador: The Manipulation of Mestizaje