Politics of Social Science Research

WALTER R. ALLEN Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los AngelesDIPANNITA BASU Assistant Professor of Sociology and Black Studies, Pitzer College, Claremont, USAHASSAN BOUSETTA Research Associate, Faculty of Political and Social Science, Katholieke Universiteit BrusselsMILENA DAVIDOVIC Researcher, Institute of Social Sciences, Centre for Sociological Research, BelgradeVICKI L. HESLI Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of GraduateCHRISTINE INGLIS Director, Multicultural Research Centre, Faculty of Education, University of SydneyBRIAN KESSEL Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Political Science, Western Illinois UniversityMARCO MARTINIELLO Research Associate, National Fund for Scientific Research and Lecturer in Politics, University of LiègeMARK ORKIN Head of Statistics South AfricaPETER RATCLIFFE Reader in Sociology, University of WarwickJAN RATH Associate Professor, Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, University of AmsterdamRUPERT TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in Political Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

• Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGY OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF 'RACE', ETHNICITY AND NATION Sociology, the State and Social Change: Theoretical Considerations; P.Ratcliffe The Color Line and Sociology; D.Basu PART II: NON-EUROPEAN SOCIETIES: HISTORIES ROOTED IN SLAVERY, APARTHEID AND GENOCIDE Whatever Tomorrow Brings: African American Families and Government Policy; W.R.Allen The Racialisation of Social Scientific Research on South Africa; R.Taylor & M.Orkin Independence, Incorporation and Policy Research: An Australian Case Study; C.Inglis PART III: WESTERN EUROPEAN SOCIETIES: EX-COLONIAL POWERS 'Race' and Ethnicity Research in Britain: Key Ethical and Political Considerations; P.Ratcliffe A Dutch Treat? Ethnic Minorities Researchers, Their Rejection of Marxism and Their Political Nexus; J.Rath Is There a Belgian School of Ethnic and Migration Studies?; M.Martiniello & H.Bousetta PART IV: EASTERN EUROPE, SOCIALIST AND POST-SOCIALIST SOCIETIES Social Change and Sociological Research on the 'Nation' Issue in Yugoslavia; M.Davidovic The State and Social Science Research in Russia; V.L.Hesli & L.Kessel Index