The Modern World After Colonialism

Remaking the Social Sciences
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5292-5212-5
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

What does it mean for the social sciences to take colonialism seriously – not just as an issue of the past, but in terms of its continuing consequences in the present? While calls to decolonize the curriculum are increasing, few resources show what this means in terms of the everyday categories and concepts of the social sciences. This textbook addresses that gap by rethinking key themes—migration, citizenship, inequality, and the environment—through a critical engagement with colonial histories.

Developed from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project (CSCP) and written by scholars committed to transforming their teaching and research, the book challenges long-standing assumptions and provides practical, classroom-ready resources. It enables teachers and students to approach familiar topics from new angles, opening space for more rigorous and inclusive debates.

Pedagogical and distinctive features include:

• Structured chapters with learning objectives, summaries, discussion questions and reading lists;

• Thematic case studies that complement conceptual chapters;

• Links to rich digital resources, including videos and teaching tools from CSCP, Global Social Theory and Discover Society;

• Ready-made materials adaptable for undergraduate and sixth-form teaching.

Together, it makes an essential guide for anyone seeking to broaden the scope and depth of social science education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

K Bhambra, Gurminder

Demir, Ipek

Robert Gilbert, Paul

Khoo, Su-Ming

Mayblin, Lucy

Weitere Mitwirkende

Tyler, Imogen

del Pilar Kaladeen, Maria

Sabaratnam, Meera

Chen, Deanndre

Higgins, Katie

Benson, Michaela

Turner, Joe

Hampshire, James

Naranyan, John

Modood, Tariq

Holmwood, John

Fernandez, Shereen

Renwick, Daniel

Kelbert, Alexandra

Thompson, Vanessa

Bhagat, Ali

LeBaron, Genevieve

Anitha, Sundari

Murji, Karim

Garthwaite, Kayleigh

Sempértegui, Andrea

Baldwin, Andrew

Kaur Paul, Harpreet

Baruah, Mitul

Haiven, Max

Sykes, Isabel

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Making of the Modern World: Colonialism and Empire - Gurminder K Bhambra, Ipek Demir, Paul Gilbert, Su-Ming Khoo, and Lucy Mayblin

Part 1: The Making of the Modern World - Gurminder K Bhambra

1. The Haitian Revolution in the Making of the Modern World - Gurminder K Bhambra

2. Understanding the Colonial Global Economy - Paul Robert Gilbert

3. Colonial Extraction and Dispossession - Su-Ming Khoo

4. Enslavement, Indenture, and Resistance in the British Empire - Maria del Pilar Kaladeen

5. Enclosures and the Making of Modern Britain - Imogen Tyler

6. Decolonization in the Making of the Modern World - Deanndre Chen and Meera Sabaratnam

Part 2: The Politics of Inequality - Paul Gilbert

7. Class, Capitalism, and Colonialism - John Holmwood

8. The Grunwick Strike: Uncovering Migrant Women’s Contributions to Struggles for Workers’ Rights in the UK - Sundari Anitha

9. Staying Put in a Hostile Environment - Daniel Renwick

10. Exploring the Growth of ‘Emergency’ Charitable Food Aid in the UK - Kayleigh Garthwaite

11. Race, Colonialism, and Modern Slavery - Genevieve Lebaron and Dr Ali Bhagat

12. The UK’s Elite: Colonial and Transnational Dynamics - Katie Higgins

Part 3: Migration, Diaspora, and Asylum - Lucy Mayblin

13. Colonialism, Immigration, and the Making of British Citizenship - James Hampshire

14. Asylum in Britain and the Legacies of Colonialism - Lucy Mayblin

15. Diasporic Interventions: How Diasporas Have Shaped Modernity and Challenged the Global North - Ipek Demir

16. Making Love, Making Empire: Family, Colonial Racism, and Border Controls - Joe Turner

17. Populism, Migration, and the Politics of Racism - Karim Murji

18. The British Migration-Citizenship Regime: From Decolonization to Brexit - Michaela Benson

Part 4: Multiculturalism and Anti-racism - Ipek Demir

19. British Black Power - John Narayan

20. (Un)Archiving Black British Feminisms - Alexandra Wanjiku Kelbert

21. Modes of Integration, Multiculturalism, and National Identities - Tariq Modood

22. Anxieties of Multiculturalism: The Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair - John Holmwood

23. Security and the War on Terror: Predict, Prevent, Police - Shereen Fernandez

24. Policing, Racial Capitalism, and Abolition - Vanessa Thompson

Part 5: The Environment - Su-Ming Khoo

25. Connected Sociologies of Pollution - Su-Ming Khoo

26. Extractivism, Anti-extractivism, and Post-extractivism in Latin America - Andrea Sempértegui

27. A Global Green New Deal? Signatures of Continuing Colonial Violence - Harpreet Kaur Spannos

28. Political Ecology: Critical Reflections - Mitul Baruah

29. Our Worlds of Palm Oil: A Tale of Colonialism, Consumerism and Technology - Max Haiven

30. Remaking Race in the Crucible of Climate Change - Andrew Baldwin

Conclusion: Remaking the Social Sciences After Colonialism - Paul Gilbert, Gurminder K Bhambra, Ipek Demir, Su-Ming Khoo, and Lucy Mayblin

Using the Lesson Plans for the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project - Isabel Sykes

Über Autor(innen)

Khoo, Su-Ming
Su-ming Khoo is Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Murji, Karim
Karim Murji is a Professor based in the Graduate School at the University of West London and was previously at the Open University, UK. He has written widely on culture, ethnicity and racism as applied to fields such as race equality, policing, public sociology, and diaspora and identity. Since 2013 he has been part of the editorial team of Sociology, and, with Sarah Neal, he is the Editor of Current Sociology.

Holmwood, John
John Holmwood is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham. From 2012 to 2014, he was President of the British Sociological Association and in 2014/15, he was Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA. He acted as an Expert Witness to the Court in the National College for Teaching and Leadership hearings against teachers arising from the Trojan Horse affair.

Garthwaite, Kayleigh
Kayleigh Garthwaite is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology at the University of Birmingham.

Anitha, Sundari
Dr Sundari Anitha is Reader at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lincoln. She has researched and written on forced marriage, marriage migrants’ experiences of domestic violence, transnational abandonment of women, dowry-related violence, sex selective abortion, gender-based violence in university communities and South Asian women’s industrial militancy in the UK. She previously managed a Women’s Aid refuge and worked for Asha Projects, a specialist refuge for South Asian survivors of domestic violence and has been active in campaigns and policy-making to combat violence against women and girls since 1999.

K Bhambra, Gurminder
Gurminder K. Bhambra is Professor of Historical Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Mayblin, Lucy
Lucy Mayblin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield.

Robert Gilbert, Paul
Paul Robert Gilbert is Reader in Development, Justice and Inequality at University of Sussex.

Demir, Ipek
Ipek Demir is Professor of Diaspora Studies at the University of Leeds.

Gurminder K. Bhambra is Professor of Historical Sociology at the University of Sussex.

Ipek Demir is Professor of Diaspora Studies at the University of Leeds.

Paul Robert Gilbert is Reader in Development, Justice and Inequality at University of Sussex.

Su-ming Khoo is Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

Lucy Mayblin is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield.