Addresses issues of current social and theoretical concern such as urban ethnic conflict, multiculturalism and immigration. The essays in this volume argue that a powerful and related set of methodologies can further our understanding of the intertwined processes of ethnicity and community, class and gender.

Alisdair Rogers Keble College and St. Catherine's College,University of Oxford Stephen Vertovec Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick

Contents: A. Rogers and S. Vertovec, Introduction - C. Pickvance, Comparative Analysis, Causality and Case Studies in Urban Studies - B. Kapferer, The Performance of Categories: Plays of Identity in Africa and Australia - K. M. Hazlehurst, Ethnicity, Ideology and Social Drama: The Waitangi Day Incident 1981 - A. Rogers, Cinco de Mayo and 15 January: Contrasting Situations in a Mixed Ethnic Neighbourhood - S. J. Smith, Where to Draw the Line: A Geography of Popular Festivity - P. Jackson, Manufacturing Meaning: Culture, Capital and Urban Change - M. Grieco, Transported Lives: Urban Social Networks and Labour Circulation - P. Werbner, From Commodities to Gifts: Pakistani Migrant Workers in Manchester - M. Anwar, Social Networks of Pakistanis in the UK: A Re-evaluation - G. Bridge, Gentrification, Class and Community: a Social Network Approach - D. Boswell, What's in a Name? The Social Prestige of Residential Areas in Malta as Perceived by Their Inhabitants