The politics of social science research: race, ethnicity, and social change

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Notes on the Contributors -- Part I Towards a Sociology of the Sociology of 'Race', Ethnicity and Nation -- 1 Sociology, the State and Social Change: Theoretical Considerations -- Inequality, exclusion and conflict: the problem stated -- The role of sociology and sociologists -- The identity of sociologists: the salience of 'race'/ethnicity gender and class differences? -- Sociology the state and social change: some key terms defined -- The role of case studies -- References -- 2 The Colour Line and Sociology -- Introduction -- Walls of exclusion and silence: Du Bois and Mydral -- Politics of whiteness, sociology and scholarship in the 1980s -- Public policy and black voices: checkerboard politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II Non-European Societies: Histories Rooted in Slavery, Apartheid and Genocide -- 3 Whatever Tomorrow Brings: African-American Families and Government Social Policy -- The history of family policy in the United States -- Black family and national social policy: theoretical and substantive issues -- Theory and method in the study of black families -- Omissions in black family studies and their consequences for social policy -- Black families: protectors of the realm -- Summary, conclusions and implications -- References -- 4 The Racialization of Social Scientific Research on South Africa -- The mainstream network -- Unanswered questions -- Constraints on understanding -- The way forward -- Notes -- References -- 5 Independence, Incorporation and Policy Research: an Australian Case Study -- The institutional and social context to research on migration and ethnic relations -- The structure and operation of the Bureau of Immigration Research -- The research role of the bureau -- Research after the bureau -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References.