This volume celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Ethnic and Racial Studies, reproducing classic papers from the journal, along with invited discussions of each paper, and responses from the original authors. The discussions in this book provide an insight into the evolution of contemporary debates and controversies in the field.

Introduction: Reflections on classic papers in Ethnic and Racial Studies 1. Symbolic ethnicity: the future of ethnic groups and cultures in America 2. Symbolic ethnicity and Herbert Gans: race, religion, and politics in the twenty-first century 3. Another look at symbolic ethnicity 4. The twilight of ethnicity among Americans of European ancestry: the case of Italians 5. The origins of "new assimilation theory" 6. Continuities in assimilation 7. Masculinity and nationalism: gender and sexuality in the making of nations 8. Sex, violence and nationalism 9. The continuing significance of masculinity 10. The tie that binds: race, gender and US violence 11. On violence, intersectionality and transversal politics 12. The study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field 13. Transnationalism reloaded: the historical trajectory of a concept 14. Commentary on the study of transnationalism: pitfalls and promise of an emergent research field 15. When work disappears: new implications for race and urban poverty in the global economy 16. Race, class, politics, and the disappearance of work 17. Race, class, politics, and the disappearance of work: a rejoinder 18. Transnational migration and the redefinition of the state: Variations and explanations 19. Transnationalism and the state: recurring themes and new directions 20. Rethinking ‘transnational migration and the redefinition of the state’ or what to do about (semi-) permanent impermanence 21. Why migration policies fail 22. Towards a new politics of migration? 23. Migration policies are problematic – because they are about migration 24. The ‘diaspora’ diaspora 25. Beyond the "The ‘diaspora’ diaspora": a response to Rogers Brubaker 26. Revisiting "The ‘diaspora’ diaspora" 27. Super-diversity and its implications 28. Mooring "super-diversity" to a brutal migration milieu 29. Mooring, migration milieus and complex explanations 30. The future of whiteness: a map of the ‘third wave’ 31. Surfing the third wave of whiteness studies: reflections on Twine and Gallagher 32. From wave to tsunami: the growth of third wave whiteness