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Record Nr.

UNINA9910973280903321

Autore

Dijk Teun A. van <1943->

Titolo

Elite discourse and racism / / Teun A. van Dijk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newbury Park, Calif., : SAGE, c1993

Newbury Park, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1993

©1993

ISBN

9781483326184

1483326187

9781452253657

145225365X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 320 pages)

Collana

Sage series on race and ethnic relations ; ; v. 6

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Racism

Elite (Social sciences)

Communication

Racism in language

Race relations

Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Theoretical Framework; Chapter 3 - Political Discourse; Chapter 4 - Corporate Discourse; Chapter 5 - Academic Discourse; Chapter 6 - Educational Discourse; Chapter 7 - Media Discourse; Chapter 8 - Conclusions; Appendix; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This volume takes a critical approach to the study of prejudice and discrimination by focusing on the role of elites in the reproduction of racism. Van Dijk's main thesis is that racism in North America and Europe is primarily `top down' and preformulated by the elites, and is not only - as the elites would have it - a `popular' phenomenon.    The book opens with a wide-ranging study of the ways parliamentarians in the Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK and the USA debate



immigration, refugees and civil rights, subtly contributing to the negative image of minorities.