Richard Jenkins is Professor of Sociology at the University of Sheffield. His previous publications include: Racism and Recruitment (Cambridge University Press, 1986); Pierre Bourdieu (Routledge, 1992); and Social Identity (Routledge, 1996).

PART ONE: ARGUMENTS
Chapter 1: Anthropology and Ethnicity
Locating Social Anthropology
Locating Ethnicity
Chapter 2: From Tribes to Ethnic Groups
Groups and Boundaries Revisited
Chapter 3: Myths of Pluralism
South and West Wales as a Case in Point
Modernity and Globalization
Chapter 4: Ethnicity Etcetera
The Communal, the Local, the National, the Global
Culture and Biology
Redrawing the Boundaries
Chapter 5: Categorisation and Power
Groups and Categories
Social Categorization
Contexts of Ethnic Categorization
Categorization and Power
Chapter 6: Ideologies of Identification
Group Identification and Social Categorization (again)
Ethnicity and ¿Race¿
Ideologies of Identification
PART TWO: EXPLORATIONS
Chapter 7: Majority Ethnicity
The Foundations of Modern Ulster Ethnicity: The Plantation
The Consolidation of Ethnic Domination: The Industrial Revolution
Organized Labour and the Manipulation of Ethnicity
Culture and Economic Advantage?
Chapter 8: The ¿Cultural Stuff¿
Varieties of Religious Conflict
Religious Differences and Conflict in Northern Ireland
Ethnicity, Politics and Religion
Chapter 9: Violence, Language and Politics
Northern Ireland and Wales
The Violence of Politics
The Politics of Language
Some Explanatory Options
Chapter 10: Nation and Nationalisms
Ethnicity and Nationalism
Nationalism in Three Countries
Wales
Northern Ireland
Denmark
Identity, Ideology and the Everyday
Rethinking Ethnicity