TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on race and place.Design/methodology/approach The approach used by the authors is to combine an overview of sociological debates on place within a framework that makes the case for a relational approach to race, space and place.Findings The overview provides an account of place in sociology, of the relationality of race and place, and the making of race and place in sociological work.Originality/value The Introduction sets the papers in context, providing a short account of each of them; it also aims to present an argument for attention to race and place in sociology in a setting characterized by racism and reaction. VL - 39 IS - 11/12 SN - 0144-333X DO - 10.1108/IJSSP-10-2019-0203 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-10-2019-0203 AU - Murji Karim AU - Picker Giovanni PY - 2019 Y1 - 2019/01/01 TI - Race and place T2 - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 913 EP - 922 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -