Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity, Democracy, and Equality in the 21st Century

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The contributors to this edited volume offer critical analyses on many aspects of diversity as it pertains to institutional policies, practices, discourse, and beliefs. The book is broken down into 19 chapters over 7 sections that cover: policies and politics; pedagogy and higher education; STEM; religion; communities; complex organisations; and discourse and identity.

Collectively, these chapters contribute to answering three main questions:

1) what, ultimately, does diversity mean

2) what are the various mechanisms by which institutions understand and use diversity

3) why is it important for us to rethink diversity

Author Bio

David G. Embrick, Ph.D. (2006), Texas A&M University, is Associate Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. He has published extensively in journals such as Critical Sociology, Social Problems, and Journal of Symbolic Interaction.

Sharon M. Collins, Ph.D. (1988), Northwestern University, is Associate Professor Emerita of Sociology at University of Illinois at Chicago. She has published extensively, to include Black Corporate Executives (Temple University Press, 1997).

Michelle Dodson is an advanced graduate student at Loyola University Chicago.