“…De Boer (1982) describes and analyses state intervention and the role of immigrant interest groups. Among more recent work are Bovenkerk (1984;; see also Verbunt 1990 and, Rath (1990Rath ( , 1991aRath ( , 1991bRath ( and 1993 and Schuster (1992) who concentrate on the role of the state and on its share in the construction of problem groups. They condemn the orthodox economic analyses in which the state is exclusively portrayed as buttressing capital.…”