This volume is part of a series of monographs from Australia devoted to outlining an alternative approach, based on neo-Marxist concepts, to educational administration. The opening essay examines the historical development of liberalism as a key to understanding the relations between the state, civil society, and the economy, and the development…

Discusses key aspects of a Marxist approach to ethnicity to demonstrate that the Marxist problematic, as a model interdisciplinary approach to ethnic studies, is the most effective framework for analyzing developments within and between ethnic communities in capitalist society. Shows why this model works. (JS)

Surveys evaluations of Immanuel Wallerstein's "The Modern World-System" by specialists in early modern history and examines Wallerstein's influence on early modern historiography. Concludes by considering some attempts to synthesize world-systems analysis with other approaches. (LS)