• 1. Introduction:Modes of discourse, The sources of group consciousness.2. Naming differences:Practical language, Name-changing, Legal language, Conflict.3. Accounting for differences:Explanations, Natural Selection, Ethnicity, Racism, Looking ahead.4. Groups and individuals:Ends and means, Experimental research, Encounters between peoples, Continuous and discontinuous ranking interation.5. Peoples and states:Implications of empire, Rwanda and Burundi, Genocide, Constitutional engineering, Conclusion.6. Increasing group consciousness:Racial classification, Segregation, Sanctions, Group Competition, Transmitted inequality, The sphere of the state, Conclusion.7. Decreasing group consciousness:The second Reconstruction in the USa, The prospects for South Africa, Ethnic consciousness in Western Europe, Negotiating change, Conclusion.8. International oversight:Regional organisations, UN Treaty bodies, The Development of policy in the UK, The UK report as a case study, CERD'S reception of the UK's Thirteenth report, Conclusion.9. Collective action:Morale, The nation-state, Religion, Diversity, Conclusion.Glossary.Bibliography.Index.

Lecturer's comment:"...Banton has written an insightful introductory text of inestimable value to those of us who must confront the myriad popular prejudices about race which today's students bring to the classroom".