International relations
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in the weaknesses of international conference diplomacy, this work would serve as an excellent case for a balanced course in international organizations. Banton is unafraid to speak from his own long and distinguished service in pursuit of these goals in indicating the failures and weaknesses of UN treaties, conferences and diplomacy. However, in decrying the overly ‘political’ usages of the terms ‘race’ and ‘racism’, he reveals his own stake in the debate. He sees the concepts of human rights as more politically expedient than that of anti-racism, having tighter enforcement mechanisms, enjoying a claim to universality, and evading the confounding issues of slavery and contemporary colonialism. The concluding chapter illustrates his prominent role in academic discussions of race since the 1960s and will be useful as a survey of the debates in sociology.