Race and ethnicity studies grew from a small subfield into a major multidisciplinary field

Evidence

Our primary concern has been to bring together a collection of essays responding to the need for students and scholars of race and ethnicity to have access in one volume to the whole spectrum of theoretical debates and empirical research reshaping the field at present. We have intentionally sought for the Companion a cross-disciplinary feel. This strikes us as far more compelling than limiting the focus to a prevailing discipline such as sociology. In recent years there has been a rapid expansion in the number of courses offered on racial matters at all levels of higher education, in a variety of disciplines. At the same time there has been a proliferation of new research agendas and theoretical debates. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 91 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Race and ethnicity moved from marginal to central in scholarly and policy debate.; Race studies expanded rapidly across many disciplines in recent decades — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 91; Race and ethnicity research split across disciplines because their referents resist single-method capture — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 100

Broader Connections

• Race studies expanded rapidly across many disciplines in recent decades #expands (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 91