Pietro Basso is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Masters course in Immigration at the University of Venice, Italy. His works include Disoccupati e stato(The Unemployed and the State), Raize schiave e razze signore: Vecchi e nuovi razzismi (Slave Races and Master Races: Racism Past and Present), and, co-edited with F. Perocco, Immigrazione e trasformazione delta societa (Immigration and the Transformation of Society).