Politics of Social Science Research

PETER RATCLIFFE is Reader in Sociology at the University of Warwick and currently serves on the Executive of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Ethnic, Race and Minority Issues. His major publications include Colonial Immigrants in a British City (co-authored), Racism and Reaction, 'Race, Ethnicity and Nation, 'Race' and Housing in Bradford and Social Geography and Ethnicity in Britain.

• 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