Contents - 6[-]Introduction:[-]migration and ethnic studies in Europe - 8[-]1. The function of labour immigration in[-]Western European capitalism - 22[-]2.[-]Introduction to European immigration policy: a comparative study - 46[-]3.[-]The crucial meso-level - 60[-]4. Conceiving and researching transnationalism[-] - 92[-]5.[-]Towards a new map of European migration - 112[-]6. The constitution of a European immigration[-]policy domain: a political sociology approach - 142[-]7.[-]Immigration and 'state thought' - 166[-]8.[-]'Minority' as a sociological concept - 184[-]9.[-]'Black', racial equality and Asian identity - 202[-]10. Introduction to immigration and the politics o[-]fcitizenship in Europe and North America - 216[-]11. Ethnic leadership, ethnic communities' political powerlessness and[-]the state in Belgium - 238[-]12.[-]Racism in Europe: unity and diversity - 260[-]13. Changing the boundaries of citizenship: the inclusion of immigrants in democratic polities[-] - 276[-]14.[-]Mixed embeddedness: (in)formal economic activities and immigrant businesses in the Netherlands - 316[-]15. The mosaic pattern: cohabitation between[-]ethnic groups in Belleville, Paris - 340[-]16. Political dynamics in the city:[-]three case studies - 356[-]17. Integration and nations: the nation-state and research on immigrants in Western Europe[-] - 372[-]18. Introduction to ethnic groups and boundaries: the social organization of cultural diffe[-]rence - 408[-]19. The theory of race relation:[-]a Weberian approach - 438[-]20. Contextualizing feminism:[-]gender, ethnic and class divisions - 470[-]21. Varieties of Marxist conceptions of 'race', class[-]and the state: a critical analysis - 490[-]22. Racism, migration and the state in Western[-]Europe: a case for comparative analysis - 518[-]23. Migration, racism and 'postmodern' capitalism[-] - 538[-]24.[-]Class racism - 568[-]25. The ghetto and the[-]ethnic enclave - 582[-]About the editors - 608[-]List of Sources - 610[-]Index - 614Internationaal migratieonderzoek is sterk gefragmenteerd. Bovendien ligt de focus op de Verenigde Staten en andere landen die zich nadrukkelijk geprofileerd hebben als immigratielanden. Toch krijgt het onderzoeksveld van migratie- en etnische studies steeds meer aandacht in Europa en het aantal publicaties over dit onderwerp neemt snel. Selected St