Situating Racism

The Local, National and the Global
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4438-1324-2
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 135 Seiten

This book explores the global development of contemporary racism and uncovers the complex manifestations and causes of racism. It critically draws upon and analyses the global economic and the legislative frameworks relating to racism. The boundaries of racism continue to shift and the authors critically analyse new developments in racism and unpack the points of intersection between the new and the old racisms. The impacts of factors such as fear, politics, the use of the “race card”, and nationalism are also explored.

The book examines the changing dynamics of racism, manifesting itself in different spatial, economic and social situations but demonstrating similarities and differences in a globalized world. In light of these complexities, the book examines the challenges of theorizing, identifying, and challenging racism, as well as the challenges of developing an anti-racist future.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Babacan, Hurriyet

Gopalkrishnan, Narayan

Babacan, Alperhan

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Hurriyet Babacan is the Director of the Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives (ICEPA) at Victoria University. Hurriyet has over 20 years of experience as an academic, public servant, community worker, researcher and trainer in the government, community and university sectors. She has published widely in national and international publications on the issues of racism, ethnic identity, nationalism, health, welfare, multiculturalism, immigration, social policy, gender, migrant settlement, child protection, and community development including two publications for UNESCO.
Narayan Gopalkrishnan is a multicultural consultant with extensive work experience in Australia and overseas working on issues of diversity, cross-cultural development, aid and human development policy and program and service development, leadership and organizational change. Narayan is currently a member of the Multicultural Community Ministerial Advisory Committee in Queensland, Australia and has written extensively on migration, globalization, refugees, fear, community and economic development and social rights.
Dr Alperhan Babacan is a senior lecturer in law at the School of Accounting and Law, RMIT University. Alperhan holds degrees in law and political science and has written widely in the areas of human rights, comparative asylum and refugee policy, counter terrorism and human security.