Title The politics of multiculturalism : race and racism in contemporary Britain / Ben Pitcher

Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 220 pages) Contents Introduction: the politics of multiculturalism -- Understanding the politics of multiculturalism -- Black in the Union Jack: the Britishness project -- Multiculturalism, community and 'the white working class' -- Multicultural conflicts: the 'feminist' state -- On the Islamic question: multicultural nationalism and the war on terror -- Conclusion: multiculturalism beyond 'the death of multiculturalism' Summary What does racism look like in the twenty-first century? Why does it continue to blight our societies when it is so widely rejected, and how do we combat racist practices when dominant social actors and institutions embrace the language of diversity and cultural difference? This book provides an original and innovative response to these questions. Taking as a case study the racial politics of the British state under New Labour, Ben Pitcher advances an idea of multiculturalism as the only conceptual framework that is capable of making sense of the contradictions of contemporary race practice, where racism is simultaneously rejected and reproduced. From explorations of the politics of nationalism to multiculturalism and the War on Terror, this book is a wide-ranging investigation of some of the most urgent and controversial issues of our times Analysis Multiculturalism Great Britain History 21st century Nationalism Great Britain History 21st century Race discrimination Great Britain History 21st century Racism Great Britain History 21st century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Racism -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century Race discrimination -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century Multiculturalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies. Political control & freedoms. Social discrimination. Educational: Citizenship & social education. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Society. Multiculturalism Nationalism Race discrimination Racism Rassendiskriminierung Multikulturelle Gesellschaft Society. Rassismus. Rassendiskriminierung. Multikulturelle Gesellschaft. Nationalismus. Rasism -- Storbritannien. Great Britain Großbritannien Großbritannien. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230236820 0230236820 1282507494 9781282507494

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