Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Introduction
Recent trends and developments
Key questions
Racism in contemporary Europe
Focus of study
Plan of the book
1 Theories of Race and Racism
Introduction
Approaches to the study of race relations
The sociology of race in Britain Politics, power and racism
Critiques of the race relations problematic
Culture, community and identity
What kind of alternative?
Summary and conclusion
2 Historical Background and Context
Introduction
The historical context of racism in Britain Anglo-Saxons and Celts Political and ideological responses to Jewish immigration Race and labour in the early twentieth century Summary and conclusion
3 The Politics of Race and Immigration since 1945 Introduction
The post-1945 conjuncture and European migration Migration, colonial labour and the state: 1945-62 Immigration and racialised politics Immigration controls and state racism
The 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act
The changing terms of political debate Institutionalising immigration controls Immigration and race since 1979 Prospects for reform Summary and conclusion
4 Race Relations Policies and the Political Process
Introduction
Racism and racial discrimination
Race relations legislation in context
The origins of anti-discrimination legislation
The genesis of race relations policies
The 1976 Race Relations Act
From policy to practice
Proposals for reform
Summary and conclusion
5 Urban Politics and Racial Inequality
Introduction
Concepts and models of local politics
Race and local politics in historical perspective
Processes of racialisation
Models of policy change
Policy change and conflict
Pressures for change and their impact
Resistance to change
Positive action and new initiatives
Training and racial equality
Changing forms of local governance
Summary and conclusion
6 Race, Policing and Disorder
Introduction
Race, crime and disorder
Alienated youth and ghetto life
Policing minority communities
Mugging and street violence
Racialisation and popular images
Policing and violent disorder
Race, crime and statistics Summary and conclusion
7 Protest, Racism and Urban Unrest in the 1980s Introduction
Disorder and urban unrest Explanations of urban unrest Law and disorder Racial disadvantage and urban unrest Alienation and powerlessness Power, legitimacy and political disorder Policing after the riots Scarman and beyond The changing politics of policing Summary and conclusion
8 Racism, Nationalism and Political Action Introduction Changing forms of racial ideology Conceptions of race and nation New-right ideologies and national identity Neo-fascist politics The politics of racial attacks Racialised politics and the enemy within Naturalisation of racism Anti anti-racism Nationalism and the interests of the majority Summary and conclusion
9 Race, Politics and Mobilisation Introduction
Political participation and exclusion The context of black political participation Origins of black political mobilisation Forms of black political organisation Anti-racist politics and political alliances The politics of race and class Politics, social movements and reform Summary and conclusion
10 Race, Culture and Social Change
Introduction
Imagined communities Multiculturalism, identity and the nation Rushdie and Islam
Nationality and immigration Social and economic change
Summary and conclusion
11 Changing Dynamics of Race and Racism Introduction
Racism, politics and ideology Equality or symbolic reforms? Protest and social change Rethinking the politics of racism Racism and nationalism in Europe What kind of future?
Guide to Further Reading
Bibliography
Index
Race and Racism in Britain explores the processes which have shaped racial politics in British society it combines a review of the main theoretical debates with a detailed analysis of policy and practice to show how and why controversies about race, racism and antiracism have become such a pervasive feature of political debate in contemporary Britain
This key text now in a substantially revised, expanded and updated second edition, provides an accessible and comprehensive account of political debates and controversies, legislation, the development of local and national political agendas, the role of racist and black political mobilisations and the impact of urban unrest New in this edition is a critical account of the implications of the Rushdie affair and of the new rise of racial politics and racist violence elsewhere in Europe The author's critical analysis of historical and contemporary trends provides a challenge to conventional interpretations which will be of interest to the specialist and the general reader alike it is essential reading for all students of race and ethnic relations and for anyone interested in the political debates about the role of racism and the struggle for racial justice in advanced industrial societies
Reviewers comments on the first edition
the most thorough introduction to the politics of racism in contemporary Britain currently available. There is no other work that covers such an encyclopaedic range of secondary material accords the full spectrum of research remarkably fair, if critical, treatment, and presents the final products in a lucid and concise text Keith. The Times Higher Education Supplement Michael
Solomos is particularly good at raising theoretical issues and summarizing the present state of current debates This is a well researched addition to the growing literature on "race" politics and will be a very useful student text Zig Layton-Henry. Political Studies
Accessible and innovative la rare combination) Solomos finds a way to put across the most penetrating and complex arguments without discouraging his target readership It will challenge afresh many an old hand in the "race relations industry Susan J. Smith, Sociology
John Solomos & Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Southampton He is author of Block Youth Ranam and the Stolte and co-editor of Race and Equal Opportunities Policies in the 1980s Rate and Local Politics and Racism and Migration in Western Europe