Racism and Antiracism

Inequalities, Opportunities and Policies
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-8039-8582-7
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 483 g

Reihe: Published in association with The Open University

This key text explores the nature and extent of racial discrimination, and the successes and failures of equal opportunities programmes. A successful balance of important recent articles and substantial contributions specially written for the volume, it presents analyses of institutional racism in immigration law, housing, social work, employment training and the criminal justice system. The contributors explore changes over time and examine the interwoven strands of `race', class and gender that form the pattern of disadvantage. They then discuss the formulation, implementation and outcomes of equal opportunities policies in the local state and the private sector, rigorously investigating both `liberal' and `radical' approaches. An analysis is then presented of the political and ideological contentions that influence the ways in which issues are defined and support is mobilized and highlight the shortcomings of current legislation. Racism and Antiracism - an Open University Reader for the course `Race', Education and Society - will be essential reading for teachers, students and all those concerned with discrimination and with antiracist policy. MAJOR NEW SERIES ON RACE This trio of co-ordinated books draws out underlying theoretical issues around `race' and relates them to policy and practice. It analyzes the relationship between racial inequalities and other types of social division, such as those based on class and gender, and the relationship between racial inequalities in education and other areas of social life, especially employment and social welfare. It introduces debates about cultural identity and difference and discusses the formation of the dominant white culture. Individual volumes in the series question commonsense and essentialist notions of race; provide a critical survey of existing explanations of racial differentiation; set race in a historical and social context and show how the category has been constructed through economic, political and cultural practices; highlight the role of educational policies and practices in this process; and provide a critical framework for the evaluation of existing initiatives in the areas of multiculturalism, antiracism and equal opportunties. Although Asian and Afro-Caribbean minority communities are the main point of reference, comparisons are made to the position of other ethnic minorities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braham, Peter H

Rattansi, Ali

Skellington, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction
PART ONE: RACISM: THE POLITICS OF EXCLUSION
The Politics of Immigration Since 1945 - John Solomos
The British Trade Union Movement and Racism - Annie Phizacklea and Robert Miles
`Same Difference' - Colin Brown
The Persistence of Racial Disadvantage in the British Employment Market
Women of South Asian Origin in Britain - Avtar Brah
issues and concerns
Black Women and the British State - Amina Mama
Race, Class and Gender Analysis for the 1990s
PART TWO: INSTITUTIONAL RACISM
Racism and Housing - Norman Ginsburg
Concepts and Reality
New Vocationalism, Old Racism and the Careers Service - John Wrench
Black Workers in the Labour Market - Richard Jenkins
An Uncaring Profession? An Examination of Racism in Social Work - Lena Dominelli
Black People and the Criminal Law - Paul Gordon
Rhetoric and Reality
PART THREE: RACISM AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY
A Political Analysis of Local Struggles for Racial Equality - G Ben-Tovim et al
The Theory and Practice of Equal Opportunities Policies - Nick Jewson and David Mason
Liberal and Radical Approaches
Equal Opportunities Policy and Race Equality - Peter Gibbon
Approaches to Policy Development in the Field of Equal Opportunities - Ken Young
Race Equality and the Limits of Law - L Lustgarten and J Edwards

Über Autor(innen)

Braham, Peter H
Peter Braham lectured in sociology at the Open University for many years. He made major contributions to a number of Open University courses: Patterns of Inequality; Ethnic Minorities and Community Relations; Mass Communication and Society; An Introduction to Sociology; 'Race', Education and Society; Understanding Modern Societies; Implementing New Technologies; An Introduction to Information Technology; Culture, Media and Identities; Studying Family and Community History: 19th and 20th Centuries; and Sociology and Society.

He co-edited Discrimination and Disadvantage in Employment: the Experience of Black Workers [1981]; Media, Knowledge and Power [1986]; Racism and Antiracism [1992]; Political and Economic Forms of Modernity [1992]; Social Differences and Divisions [2002]; Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity and Culture [2003]. His main research interests have been in migration and settlement, child immigration and family reunification, and he has been the UK partner on several international research projects in these areas.