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Immigration and Race
Relations - Sociological Theory and John Rex edited by Tahir
Abbas and Frank Reeves
This book
edited by Tahir Abbas and Frank Reeves and published by IB
Taurus, is meant as a tribute to John Rex and his lifelong
contribution to sociology and social theory.
It comes in
four parts:
Part I is
devoted to John Rex’s life, ideas and contribution to
sociology, and contains chapters by Professor Richard
Jenkins, Kamta Karran, Laura Velasco and Oscar Contreras, a
truly international set of contributions.
Part II is
headed: Key problems in sociological theory: exploring the
implications of John Rex’s neo-Weberianism. It contains
chapters by Professor Martin Bulmer and Professor Margaret
Archer.
Part III
commemorates John Rex’s contribution to social policy on
integration and race equality and is written by Professor
Robert Moore, Professor Thomas Hammar and Professor Stephen
Steinberg.
Finally,
Part IV deals with the race relations of the city,
revisiting John Rex’s field research in Sparkbrook and
Handsworth in Birmingham, with contributions by Dr Tahir
Abbas, Professor Sally Tomlinson, and Dr Frank Reeves.
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