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

• Autore: Solomos John
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.941/089/96
• Soggetto topico: Blacks - Great Britain - Politics and government; Blacks - Great Britain - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Race relations
• Altri autori: BackLes <1962->
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Race, politics and social change
• ISBN: 1-134-88525-3; 1-134-88526-1; 1-138-40825-5; 1-280-32321-3; 9786610323210; 0-203-22178-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170982303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II