Books in the Interdisciplinary Research Series in Ethnic, Gender and Class Relations series

The purpose of this study is to highlight the achievements of black economists and to critically analyze their contribution to economic theory. It also looks at the background and influences of each individual economists that appears in this book.

This text explains the dynamics of the relationship between the people of the African continent and those of the African diaspora. Looking at the theory/movement of Pan-Africanism, it explores notions of black identity, its fragmentation and ideas of new pan-African epicentres.

Drawing upon materials from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe, this stimulating book reflects on the experiences of people of African descent to offer a convergence of criminologies in and outside the West.

Africans are not literally black, yet they are called black. Why? This book explores the genesis and evolution of the description of Africans as black, the consequences of this practice, and how it contributes to the denigration (blackening) and dehumanisation of Africans.

This text describes the attempt by Italian women to transform the division of labour within the home. This attempt is examined alongside their decision to employ migrant women to fulfil household tasks.