Racism in Metropolitan Areas

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-1-84545-089-2
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 301 g

Reihe: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture

For several decades, a political discourse, which incites exclusion and hatred againt those who are perceived as different, has been gaining ground, most notably in affluent and developed countries. Focusing on the growth of racism in large cities and urban areas, this volume presents the views of international scholars who work in the social sciences and statements by non-practicing academics such as journalists and policy makers. The contributions of the scientists and the non-academic specialists are grouped around common themes, highlighting existing debates and bringing together widely scattered information. The book explores the ways in which old forms of racism persist in the urban context, and how traditional exclusion systems like casteism can be likened to contemporary forms like racism directed at refugees.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pinxten, Rik

Preckler, Ellen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Racism in Metropolitan Areas

Rik Pinxten and Ellen Preckler

PART I: DISEMPOWERING THROUGH RACISM

Chapter 1. How a Dream was Shattered

Patrick Janssens

Chapter 2. Explaining Increased Racial Conflict in Post-industrial Societies: the Creation of Systemic ‘Competitive’ Youth Unemployment

Troy Duster

Chapter 3. Racial Conflicts in British Cities

Eric Seward

Chapter 4. Limits of Tolerance and Limited Tolerance: How Tolerant are the Danes?

Peter Hervik

Chapter 5. The Politics of ‘Caste is Race’: the Impact of Urbanisation

Dipankar Gupta

Chapter 6. Playing the Media: the Durban Case

Guy Poppe

Chapter 7. The Relevance of the Language of Race in South Asian Conflicts

Sumit Sarkar

Chapter 8. The Fremmede and the Dalit are Silent: Danish and Indian Cultural Worlds

Donald Robotham

Chapter 9. Approaching Racism: Attitudes, Actions and Social Structure

Robert A. Rubinstein

PART II: EMPOWERING TO COMBAT RACISM

Chapter 10. The Paradox of Secondary Ethnicity

Emanuel Marx

Chapter 11. Is Harmony Possible in a Multiracial Society? The Case of Singapore

Mary Judd

Chapter 12. Racism and Intercultural Issues in Urban Europe

Jagdish S. Gundara

Chapter 13. Antiracist Empowerment through Culture and Legislation

Johan Leman

Chapter 14. Racism in Large Cities: the Means to Empower/Disempower Groups and Communities

Glyn Ford

Chapter 15. Riding the Tiger: the Difficult Relationship between NGOs and the Media

Marc Peirs

Chapter 16. Urban Crowds Manipulated: Assessing the Austrian Case as an Example in Wider European Tendencies

Andre Gingrich

Chapter 17. Some Reflections on Culture and Violence

Erwin Jans

Chapter 18. Naturalising Difference and Models of Coexistence: Concluding Comments

Laura Nader

Notes on Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Pinxten, Rik
Rik Pinxten is Professor and Senior Researcher in Anthropology and head of the Department of Comparative Sciences of Culture at Ghent University. He has published widely on the anthropology of knowledge and the comparative study of religion.

Preckler, Ellen
Ellen Preckler is Junior Interface Officer of the city of Ghent, facilitating the interaction between policy circles and youth movements in urban contexts.

Rik Pinxten is Professor and Senior Researcher in Anthropology and head of the Department of Comparative Sciences of Culture at Ghent University. He has published widely on the anthropology of knowledge and the comparative study of religion.