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Racism and anti-racism in Europe
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posted on 2023-06-07, 21:33 authored by Alana Lentin'Remarkable ... a major contribution to our understanding and handling of one of the crucial contemporary issues that acquires more gravity by the day.' Zygmunt Bauman '[This] is the most comprehensive attempt at discussing the current crisis of anti-racist discourses and politics in Western Europe.' Etienne Balibar 'An excellent book, which enriches the tradition of political sociology conceptually, methodologically and substantively.' Peter Wagner This is an in-depth sociological study of the phenomenon of anti-racism, as both political discourse and social movement practice in western Europe. Lentin develops a comparative study of anti-racism in Britain, France, Italy and Ireland. While `race¿ and racism have been submitted to many profound analyses, anti-racism has often been dealt with as either the mere opposite of racism or as a theme for prescriptives or polemics by those concerned with the persistence of racist discrimination. By contrast, this book views anti-racism as a variety of discourses that are central to the understanding of the politics of modern states. Examining antiracism gives us insights not only into current debates on citizenship, immigration and Europeanisation, but it also crucially assists us in understanding the nature of race, racism and racialisation themselves. At a time of mounting state racism against asylum seekers, migrants and refugees throughout Europe and beyond, this book provides a much-needed exploration of the discourse of anti-racism that shapes policy and public opinion today.
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- Published
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Pluto PressPages
338.0Place of publication
London, UKISBN
9780745322209Department affiliated with
- Sociology and Criminology Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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