The Politics of Ethnic and Racial Inequality: A Systematic Comparative Macro-Analysis from the Colonial Period to the Present, Third Edition, by J. Owens Smith, covers the immigration/migration of racial groups in America from the Colonial Period to the present. Its overall thrust is to offer a conceptual framework by which group mobility and inequality can be interpreted on a systematic basis. This conceptual framework offers an explanation of group inequality among all groups. Particularly, it explains the cause(s) of inequality among racial minority groups such as African Americans, British West Indians, and Asian groups. It goes beyond the traditional racist and self-victimization arguments and focuses on identifying those independent variables that constrain and promote groups' growth and development.

This third edition is an essential reference book for professionals and students of race relations, ethnicity, Black studies, Hispanic studies, economic inequality, sociology, and anthology.

Features & Benefits
- over 1,000 references to scholarly literature
- complete names and subject indexes
- 41 tables and figures