Table of Contents

Preface John Rex; Introduction. Controversies and continuities in race and ethnic relations theory David Mason; 1. Intersecting strands in the theorisation of race and ethnic relations J. Milton Yinger; 2. Epistemological assumptions in the study of racial differentiation Michael Banton; 3. The role of class analysis in the study of race relations - a Weberian perspective John Rex; 4. Varieties of Marxist conceptions of 'race', class and the state: a critical analysis John Solomos; 5. Class concepts, class struggle and racism Harold Wolpe; 6. A political analysis of local struggles for racial equality Gideon Ben-Tovim, John Gabriel, Ian Law and Kathleen Stredder; 7. Ethnicity and Third World development: political and academic contexts Marshall W. Murphree; 8. Social anthropological models of inter-ethnic relations Richard Jenkins; 9. Pluralism, race and ethnicity in selected African countries M. G. Smith; 10. Ethnicity and the boundary process in context Sandra Wallman; 11. Ethnicity and the sociobiology debate Pierre L. van der Berghe; 12. Rational choice theory and the study of race and ethnic relations Michael Hechter; 13. The 'Chicago School' of American sociology, symbolic interactionism, and race relations theory Barbara Ballis Lal; 14. The operationalisation of identity theory in racial and ethnic relations Peter Weinreich; Bibliography; Index.