Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations

This book brings together internationally known scholars from a wide range of disciplines and theoretical traditions, all of whom have made significant contributions to the field of race and ethnic relations. As well as identifying important and persistent points of controversy, the collection reveals a complementary and multifaceted approach to theorisation. The theories represented include contributions from the perspective of sociology. These range from the established perspectives of Marx and Weber through to the more recent interventions of rational choice theory, symbolic interactionism and identity structure analysis.

John Rex is Professor Emeritus, University of Warwick. His recent publications in the field of race relations include. The ghetto and the underclass (1988) and Race and ethnicity (1986). David Mason is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Leicester and Co-Director of the University of Leicester Ethnic Minority Employment Research Centre.