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Since the late 1950s John Rex has been at the forefront of British sociology and in particular the sociology of 'race' and ethnicity. This volume charts the nature, direction and significance of John Rex's work in the fields of urban sociology, ethnic relations and multicultural studies.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors – vii Acknowledgements – ix Introduction – xi Part I: John Rex’s Life, Ideas and Contribution to Society 1. The Place of Theory: John Rex’s Contribution to the Sociological Study of Ethnicity and ‘Race’. Richard Jenkins – 3 2. John Rex: Some Refelctions. Kampta Karran – 13 3. Race, Class and Ethnicity: A Mexican Perspective on the Sociology of John Rex. Laura Velasco and Oscar Contreras – 31 Part II: Key Problems in Sociological Theory: Exploring the Implications of John Rex’s Neo-Weberianism 4. The Place of Values in the Study of Ethnicity and ‘Race’: Reflections on the Contribution of John Rex. Martin Bulmer – 47 5. The Long March with a Key Problem: Can Explanation and Understanding Be Linkeed? Margaret S. Archer – 61 Part III: Commemorating John Rex’s Contribution to Social Policy: Immigration and Racial Inequality 6. Child Deprivation: Minorities Ten Years On. Robert Moore – 79 7. The Politicisation of Immigration. Tomas Hammar – 99 8. ‘Race Relations’: The Problem with the Wrong Name. Stephen Steinberg – 111 Part IV: Race Relations in the City: Revisiting John Rex’s Local Studies of Race Relations in Birmingham. 9. Sparkbrook, Housing Classes & the Market Situation: Forty Years On. Tahir Abbas – 121 10. Exposing the Urban Systems Driving Ethnic Integration and Conflict: Our Debt to John Rex. Frank Reeves – 135 11. Race and Education in Birmingham: Then and Now. Sally Tomlinson – 159 Notes – 175 References – 179 Index – 191

About the Author

Tahir Abbas is Reader in Sociology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of The Education of British South Asians: Ethnicity, Capital and Class Structure and editor of Muslim Britain: Communities under Pressure and Islamic Political Radical: A European Comparative Perspective. He has (co)authored over fifty articles, chapters, reviews and commissioned research papers on the subjects of education, entrepreneurship, criminal justice and multiculturalism. Frank Reeves is Director of Race Equality West Midlands, one of Britain's regional race equality agencies. His books include British Racial Discourse, Race and Borough Politics, The Modernity of Further Education as well as many articles. He undertook his doctoral dissertation with John Rex.