Contents -- Introduction: migration and ethnic studies in Europe -- 1. The function of labour immigration in Western European capitalism -- 2. Introduction to European immigration policy: a comparative study -- 3. The crucial meso-level -- 4. Conceiving and researching transnationalism -- 5. Towards a new map of European migration -- 6. The constitution of a European immigration policy domain: a political sociology approach -- 7. Immigration and 'state thought' -- 8. 'Minority' as a sociological concept -- 9. 'Black', racial equality and Asian identity -- 10. Introduction to immigration and the politics o fcitizenship in Europe and North America -- 11. Ethnic leadership, ethnic communities' political powerlessness and the state in Belgium -- 12. Racism in Europe: unity and diversity -- 13. Changing the boundaries of citizenship: the inclusion of immigrants in democratic polities -- 14. Mixed embeddedness: (in)formal economic activities and immigrant businesses in the Netherlands -- 15. The mosaic pattern: cohabitation between ethnic groups in Belleville, Paris -- 16. Political dynamics in the city: three case studies -- 17. Integration and nations: the nation-state and research on immigrants in Western Europe -- 18. Introduction to ethnic groups and boundaries: the social organization of cultural diffe rence -- 19. The theory of race relation: a Weberian approach -- 20. Contextualizing feminism: gender, ethnic and class divisions -- 21. Varieties of Marxist conceptions of 'race', class and the state: a critical analysis -- 22. Racism, migration and the state in Western Europe: a case for comparative analysis -- 23. Migration, racism and 'postmodern' capitalism -- 24. Class racism -- 25. The ghetto and the ethnic enclave -- About the editors -- List of Sources -- Index.