THE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF THE DEMOGRAPHY OF RACE AND ETHNICITY

• Features update-to-date studies of demographic patterns and racial and ethnic relations across different world regions
• Presents in-depth analysis of present-day demographic patterns and racial and ethnic relational conditions for a large set of countries
• Includes studies of countries in various stages of social development

Examining key countries in every region of world, this handbook presents population profiles and analyses concerning racial/ethnic disparities and changing intergroup relations. Inside, prominent scholars from various parts of the world and disciplines address the links between stratification, demography, and conflict across the globe.
Organized by region/continent, coverage for each profiled country includes demographic information; a historical overview that addresses past racial/ethnic conflict; identification of the most salient demographic trends and issues that the country faces; theoretical issues related to the linkages between stratification, demography, and conflict; methodological issues including quality of data and cutting-edge methods to better understand the issue at hand; and details on the possible future of the existing trends and issues with particular emphasis on public policy and human rights.
This handbook will help readers to better understand the commonalities and differences that exist globally in the interplay between stratification, demography, and conflict. In addition, it also provides an excellent inventory of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that are needed to better comprehend this issue.
This handbook will appeal to students, researchers, and policy analysts in the areas of race and ethnic relations, demography, inequality, international sociology, international relations, foreign studies, social geography, and social development.

Table of contents (28 chapters)
1. Introduction: A Framework for Understanding the Race and Ethnic Transition
2. Ethnicity and Race in Canada: Past and Present
3. The Demography of Race and Ethnicity in the United States
4. The Demography of Race and Ethnicity of Mexico
5. Who Counts? Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Argentina
6. Race, Ethnicity, and Politics in Venezuela
7. Race and Ethnicity in Peru
8. Demography of Race in Brazil
9. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Southeast Asia
10. On the Demography of India’s Broad Social Stratification
11. Race and Ethnic Relations in Contemporary Japan
12. The Social Demography of China’s Minority Nationalities
13. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Indonesia
14. Race and Ethnicity in Contemporary Vietnam
15. An Exploratory Examination of Population and Stability in Afghanistan
16. Ethnic Stratification in Israel
17. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Palestine
18. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Iran
19. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Iraq
20. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in South Africa
21. Ethnicity, Religion, and Demographic Behavior in Nigeria
22. Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Italy
23. Demography of Ethnicity in Turkey
24. The Ethnic Demography of Ireland
25. Who Counts in the Census? Racial and Ethnic Categories in France
26. The Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Hungary
27. The Demography of Race and Ethnicity in The Netherlands: An Ambiguous History of Tolerance and Conflict
28. Indigenous Australia, White Australia, Multicultural Australia: The Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Australia