The Politics of Multiculturalism: Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain (second edition)
Pitcher, B. 2015. The Politics of Multiculturalism: Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain (second edition). Ben Pitcher.
Pitcher, B. 2015. The Politics of Multiculturalism: Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain (second edition). Ben Pitcher.
| Title | The Politics of Multiculturalism: Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain (second edition) |
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| Authors | Pitcher, B. |
| Abstract | The Politics of Multiculturalism takes as its starting point the premiss that anti-racism and cultural pluralism are dominant in twenty-first-century race politics. Mainstream politicians of both left and right are keener than ever to reject and disavow racism. It is accordingly by espousing a multicultural politics that governmental and state actors now engage with race. This has opened up new opportunities, facilitated practices that were hitherto off limits, and provided a considerable challenge for anti-racists who find they are now met not with opposition but agreement. The Politics of Multiculturalism explores the nationalist politics of multicultural Britishness. It considers how the 'white working class' are produced as an 'ethnic minority' in the local politics of community cohesion. It weighs up the influence of the War on Terror on domestic race politics, from the development of 'state feminism' to way Islamic transnationalism reveals the limits of the multicultural nation. |
| Keywords | multiculturalism |
| race | |
| racism | |
| New Labour | |
| Year | 2015 |
| Publisher | Ben Pitcher |
| Publication dates | |
| Published | Oct 2015 |
| Series | 2nd |