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Record Nr.

UNINA9910170982303321

Autore

Solomos John

Titolo

Race, politics, and social change / / John Solomos and Les Back

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995

ISBN

1-134-88525-3

1-134-88526-1

1-138-40825-5

1-280-32321-3

9786610323210

0-203-22178-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BackLes <1962->

Disciplina

320.941/089/96

Soggetti

Blacks - Great Britain - Politics and government

Blacks - Great Britain - Social conditions

Great Britain Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Theoretical and conceptual issues; Race, politics and social change; Power, racism and political mobilisation; Parties, black participation and political change; Political discourses and race; The new black politics; Political change and policy agendas; Democracy, civil society and racism; Appendices; Black councillors on Birmingham City Council (1979  1994); Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a wealth of original sources, including interviews with politicians and activists this book explores the changing contours of the politics of race in the present social and political environment. The volume seeks to go beyond abstract generalisations in order to develop an account which takes seriously the everyday processes that have shaped social understandings of race and politics in British society. At the same time it links up to the broader debates about the impact of multiculturalism on contemporary politics, the role of minorities in political life and the limits of democrat