Understanding Diversity - Softcover

Renzetti, Claire M.; Kennedy-Bergen, Raquel M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205182771 ISBN 13: 9780205182770

Publisher: Pearson, 2014

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Helps Students Relate Concepts of Diversity to their own Lives

Understanding Diversity, 1/e by Claire M. Renzetti and Raquel M. Kennedy-Bergen is composed of original contributions written by both well-known sociologists as well as newer voices whose cutting edge work is likely to significantly impact the field. Readers will find it easy to relate to this title, as every topic has been chosen based on its relevancy to college students. Students will emerge with an understanding of how the intersecting inequalities of race, gender, social class, sexuality, age, immigration status, and geographic location influence how various problems are socially and politically framed, and how they are differentially experienced.

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About the Author:

Claire M. Renzetti is the Judi Conway Patton Endowed Chair for Studies of Violence Against Women in the Center for Research on Violence Against Women, and Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Kentucky. She is editor of the international, interdisciplinary journal, Violence Against Women; co-editor with Jeffrey Edleson of the Interpersonal Violence book series for Oxford University Press; and editor of the Gender and Justice book series for University of California Press. She has authored or edited 16 books as well as numerous book chapters and articles in professional journals. Her current research includes studies of the relationship between religiosity and intimate partner violence, and an evaluation of a horticultural therapy program at a shelter for battered women and their children. Dr. Renzetti has held elected and appointed positions on the governing bodies of several national professional organizations, and is a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). She is the recipient of the Saltzman Award for Contributions to Practice, awarded by the Women and Crime Division of the American Society of Criminology, and the the Lee Founders Award, from the SSSP.

Raquel Kennedy Bergen is of Sociology at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She received her BS from Saint Joseph’s University in Sociology and her Ph.D in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author or co-author of numerous scholarly publications and six books on violence against women including, Wife Rape: Understanding the Response of Survivors and Service Providers; and Issues in Intimate Violence. With Claire Renzetti and Jeff Edleson she edited, Sourcebook on Violence Against Women and Violence Against Women: Classic Statements. She co-edited Violence Against Women: Readings from Social Problems with Claire Renzetti. She has served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission since 2004 when she was appointed by Governor Edward G. Rendell. She has volunteered as an advocate for battered women and sexual assault survivors for the past 25 years. Her current research continues in the field of violence against women—analyzing how domestic violence and sexual assault programs have implemented changes to the services that they provide intimate partner sexual assault survivors. She also continues to explore the subject of women’s experiences of sexual and physical violence during pregnancy.

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