This open access short reader provides a state of the art overview of the discrimination
research field with particular focus on discrimination against immigrants and their
descendants. It covers the ways in which discrimination is defined and conceptualized how it
is measured how it may be theorized and explained and how it might be combated by legal and
policy means. The book also presents empirical results from studies of discrimination across
the world to show the magnitude of the problem and the difficulties of comparison across
national borders. The concluding chapter engages in a critical discussion of the relationship
between discrimination and integration as well as pointing out promising directions for future
studies. As such this short reader is a valuable read to undergraduate students as well as
graduate students scholars policy makers and the general public.
