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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456761103321

Autore

Gadd David <1975->

Titolo

Losing the race : thinking psychosocially about racially motivated crime / / David Gadd and Bill Dixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90161-5

0-429-47684-1

1-283-07114-2

9786613071149

1-84940-868-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (377 p.)

Collana

Explorations in psycho-social studies series

Disciplina

155.8/2

155.82

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and racism

Race - Psychological aspects

Race awareness - Great Britain

Racism - Great Britain - Psychological aspects

Hate crimes - Social aspects - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Based on a two-year research project, "Context and motive in the perpetration of racially motivated violence and harassment", funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)"--P. iv of cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-248) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements and Permissions; About The Authors; Introduction: Race, racism, and racially motivated offenders; Chapter One: Posing the "why?" question; Chapter Two: Recovering the contradictory racist subject; Chapter Three: Understanding the "racially motivated offender"; Chapter Four: Racially aggravated offenders and the punishment of hate; Chapter Five: The unconscious attractions of far right politics; Chapter Six: Rethinking community cohesion; Chapter Seven: Zahid Mubarek's murderer: the case of Robert Stewart

Chapter Eight: Racism, respect, and recognitionChapter Nine: Conclusion: losing the race; References



Sommario/riassunto

Based on a two-year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this book explores why many of those involved in racially motivated crime seem to be struggling to cope with economic, cultural and emotional losses in their own lives. Drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with perpetrators of racist crimes and focus group discussions with ordinary people living in the same communities, the book explores why it is that some people, and not others, feel inclined to attack immigrants and minority ethnic groups. The relationships between ordinary racism, racial