Michel Wieviorka is president of the International Sociological Association.

`Michel Wieviorka is one of France′s leading sociologists. Strongly influenced by the theoretical perspectives of Touraine, he is nevertheless a distinctive voice and his writing on several different subjects is original and provocative. Responding to the new expression of racism in France over the past decade or more, with this book, he has stimulated a debate about the meaning and scope of the concept of racism which articulates with the writing of other leading French sociologists and philosophers. But Wieviorka′s concerns and focus are not just with France but with the nature and effects of racism in the late twentieth century and it therefore warrants wide attention′ - Professor Robert Miles, University of Glasgow

• PART ONE: FROM RACE TO RACISMIntroductionRace as Explanatory PrincipleRace RelationsPrejudice and PersonalityRacism as IdeologyConclusionPART TWO: THE ELEMENTARY FORMS OF RACISMIntroductionLevels and Logics of RacismPrejudiceSegregation, DiscriminationRacist ViolenceConclusionPART THREE: THE UNITY OF RACISMIntroductionSocial Movements and RacismTwo Patterns of RacismCommunal Identity and RacismConclusionThe Unity of Racism