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A broad examination of the rise of nationalism, populism, xenophobia, and racism throughout the world The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism provides expert insight intothecomplex, interconnected factors that are influencing patterns of human relations worldwide in a time of rising populist nationalism, intensifiedracial and religious tensions, andmountinghostilities towards immigrants and minorities. Analyzing the underlying forces which continue to drive global trends, this volume examines contemporary patterns based on the most recent evidence spanning five continents—offering a diversity of interpretations, models and perspectives that address the challenges facing the study of race, ethnicity, and nationalism. The Companion features original contributions by both established experts and emerging scholarsthatexploreanexpansiverangeof theoretical, historical, and empirical case studies. Organized into five sections, the text first discusses growing trends in the United States, the significance of populism in major societies around the globe, and how global changes are influencing regional variations in race, ethnicity, and nationalism.An investigation of globalmigration patternsis followed by examination ofconflict and violence, from urban riots and boundary disputes towarfare and genocide. The final section focuses onthepolicy debatesresulting from changing patterns and their impactonpolitics, the economy, and society. Timely and highly relevant, this book: Discusses contemporary issues such asthe failureofschool systemsto provide equal opportunitiestominorities, theevolutionof theSchool-to-Prison pipeline, and the Black Lives Matter movement Explores shifts in American race relations, the influence of social media and the internet, and thelinks between increased globalization and contemporary forms of nationalism, racism, and populism Features essays on national and ethnic i