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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791904203321

Autore

Solanke Iyiola

Titolo

Making anti-racial discrimination law : a comparative history of social action and anti-racial discrimination law / / Iyiola Solanke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-134-03405-9

1-283-58951-6

9786613901965

0-203-87525-7

1-134-03406-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

342.2408/73

Soggetti

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - European Union countries - History

Social action - European Union countries - History

Minorities - Violence against - European Union countries

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - Great Britain - History

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - Germany - History

European Union countries 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. [199]-219) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Making Anti-Racial Discrimination LawA comparative history of social action and anti-racial discrimination law; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Table of cases and statutes; 1 Black European Union citizens; Introduction; Imperialism, war and labour migration; The British Empire and black Britons; The Germans in Africa and black Germans; 'Guest workers' in Germany; Belonging; Belonging in Britain; Belonging in Germany; Conclusion; 2 Understanding racial violence; Introduction; A matrix of racial violence; Overt racial violence; Personal

InstitutionalCovert racial violence; Personal; Institutional; Conclusion; 3 The response to overt racial violence; Introduction; The international response to overt racial violence after World War II; The national response to overt racial violence; The response to overt racial violence



in Great Britain; The Race Relations Act 1965 (RRA 1965); Legal definition of 'institutional racism'; The Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000; The response to overt racial violence in Germany; Post-World War II legal regulation of racism; Post-reunification violence

The Kahn Commission and the creation of Article 13 Treaty of RomeThe Anti-Discrimination Law (Antidiskriminierungsgesetz/ADG) 2005; Conclusion; 4 The response to covert racial violence; Introduction; Covert racial violence in employment in Britain; Discriminatory vacancies; Exposing covert personal racial violence: the PEP study on racial discrimination in Britain; The Street Report and the Drake and Ennals Report; The Race Relations Act 1968 (RRA 1968); Exposing covert institutional racial violence ('indirect' discrimination); The Race Relations Act 1976

Covert racial violence in employment in GermanyAnthropological and social research into the 'Mischlingskinder'; Commissioner for Foreign Affairs (Ausländerbeauftrage); The legal response to covert racial violence in Germany; Conclusion; 5 Restoring voice and visibility; Introduction; Ethical responsibility; Models of integration; Social investigation; Influence of investigations; Ethics of ethnic data; Ethnic data in Britain; Ethnic data in Germany; Ethnic data in the European Union; Conclusion; 6 Civil society and the 'political opportunity structure'; Introduction

The political opportunity structurePluralism; Corporatism; Impact of group action on the legal response to racial violence under corporatism and pluralism; Ad hoc groups; Established groups; Conclusion; 7 The impact of race in the news on race and law; Introduction; The media and race; The value of media coverage; The US Civil Rights Movement; The murder of Stephen Lawrence; The MacPherson Inquiry; The 'African village' in Augsburg Zoo; Conclusion; 8 Anti-racial discrimination law in the European Union; Introduction; The content of EU anti-racial discrimination law; The Race Directive

The role of social action in the evolution of Article 13 and the EU Race Directive

Sommario/riassunto

Making Anti-Racial Discrimination Law examines the evolution of anti-racial discrimination law from a socio-legal perspective. Taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book does not simply look at race and society or race and law but brings these areas together by drawing out the tension in the process, in different countries, by which race becomes a policy issue which is subsequently regulated by law. Moving beyond traditional social movement theory to include the extreme right wing as a social actor, the study identifies the role of extreme right wing confrontatio



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830657603321

Autore

Jones Colin <1949 Jan. 13->

Titolo

Housing markets & planning policy [[electronic resource] /] / Colin Jones, Craig Watkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ames, IA, : Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

1-282-31690-7

9786612316906

1-4443-1757-1

1-4443-1781-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Real estate issues

Altri autori (Persone)

WatkinsCraig

Disciplina

333.3380941

Soggetti

Housing policy - Great Britain

City planning - Great Britain

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Housing Markets & Planning Policy; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; One housing market or many housing markets?; Housing markets and planning policy; The analytical approach; Aims and objectives; The structure of the book; Chapter 2 The Housing Problem; Context; Housing market trends; Spatial house price trends; Affordability; Economics of the house building industry; Low-demand areas; Wider planning policy context; Conclusions; Chapter 3 Spatial Structure of Housing Markets; A model of an urban housing market; The theoretical impact of planning

Empirical evidence on the impact of planningPlanning the housing market; Housing market areas and processes; Case studies of HMAs; Implications of HMAs for planning; Conclusions; Chapter 4 Understanding Housing Submarkets; Origins of housing submarket studies; Theoretical basis for housing submarkets; Defining and identifying housing submarkets; Temporal dynamics of housing submarkets; Modelling submarket structures; Conclusions: submarkets as an analytical framework; Chapter 5 Dynamics of the Housing Market; Choices and constraints; Migration and spatial house price trends

New house building, urban form and local housing market



dynamicsIntra-urban housing market dynamics; Neighbourhood dynamics; Neighbourhood succession; Neighbourhood revitalisation; Conclusions; Chapter 6 Planning for the Housing Market; Spatial change, planning and housing; The evolution of planning for housing markets; Current practice in planning for housing; The operation of the planning system; Reconciling the evidence: broader political and policyconcerns; Conclusions; Chapter 7 Planning Policies and the Market; Planning policies and the market; The changing housing policy context

Provision of affordable housingEncouraging social mix; Sustainable development; Conclusions; Chapter 8 Conclusions and the Way Forward; Current and future housing market context; Contemporary policy agenda and the housing challenge; Towards a framework for housing analysis; Reshaping the system of planning for housing; Local housing market analysis and planning practice; The challenge to planning and the way forward; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Housing systems in many countries are now more market-oriented than ever before. This is particularly true of the UK, where there is heightened interest in the ability of the market to deliver new housing, as well as considerable debate among housing academics and policy makers over the extent to which policy instruments can be used to steer market processes. This increased market orientation means a greater understanding of market economics is needed. The challenges of providing affordable housing, while simultaneously addressing the problems of low demand housing in some areas, together wi