Categorical Usages and Complex Realities
Race, Ethnicity, and Religion in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3028282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard F Hamilton (The Ohio State University, corresponding author), William H Form (The Ohio State University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 693-714 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Forces (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7732 • E-ISSN: 1534-7605 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/sof.2003.0033 |
| OpenAlex | W1982156997 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 50 |
This article compares and comments on the “two sociologies” that of the journals and monographs and that of the introductory textbooks. The principal concern is with the treatments of race, ethnicity, and religion. The principal argument is that the categorical usages found in the textbooks hide significant ongoing social changes. To address these questions we present data from the 1972-98 NORC General Social Surveys. The evidence presented does not support a range of standard claims found in the five leading textbooks. Those textbooks do not adequately reflect well-known findings reported in the discipline's specialties
Argument (complex analysis) · Categorical variable · Ethnic group · Principal (computer security) · Race (biology) · Sociology · Statistics · Anthropology · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Gender Studies · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2025 (21) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |