Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations

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.

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