Race relations theories must be subsumed into a broader theory of collective action

Evidence

Social scientists will nevertheless continue to maintain that any analysis of events that is grounded in popular consciousness and everyday language will never be sufficient to identify the underlying causes of social trends. These causes, and the complex interrelations between them, will be uncovered only by formulating theories that provide more powerful explanations of the phenomena. The presently available conceptions of race relations, whether they start from discrimination, from racism, or from some other key concept, will have to be subsumed within some more powerful sociological theory, such as, perhaps, the theory of collective action (Banton, 1998:196-235), which will explain the special features of race relations within a framework that also explains other kinds of group relations. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 683

Categorization

• XREF: Qualifications the vault’s CRT framing by pointing to Banton’s claim that race-relations theory is provisional and must fold into general theories of collective action. — connects to: The mobilizing power of racial ideas over collective action remains inadequately explained; Racism has relative autonomy from other social relations; Economic structure is necessary but not sufficient to explain race relations (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The mobilizing power of racial ideas over collective action remains inadequately explained #corroborates (0.85)
• Racism has relative autonomy from other social relations #complicates (0.82)
• Economic structure is necessary but not sufficient to explain race relations #corroborates (0.80)
• Marxist theory reduces racial conflict to class conflict within production relations #complicates (0.75) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 76