Race and Racism

Essays in Social Geography
Erscheinungsjahr 1987
ISBN: 978-0-04-305002-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 147 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

First Published in 1987. In September 1985 the Social Geography Study Group of the Institute of British Geographers held a three-day conference at Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic on the subject of ‘Race and Racism’. The present volume is a selection of essays derived from some of the papers that were given at the conference, together with one newly commissioned paper (by Susan Smith) and an introductory essay.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Volks- und Völkerkundliche Museen
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION The idea of ‘race’ and the geography of racism PART I SEGREGATION RECONSIDERED 1 Residential segregation: a geography of English racism? 2 Residential segregation retheorized: a view from southern California 3 Racism and settlement policy: the state’s response to a semi-nomadic minority PART II RACISM IN BRITAIN 4 The politics of ‘race relations’ in Britain and the West 5 Racism in Britain: the Scottish dimension 6 The Irish in London: an exploration of ethnic boundary maintenance 7 Spatial variability in attitudes towards ‘race’ in the UK PART III RACISM AND ANTI-RACISM IN HOUSING AND SOCIAL POLICY 8 Asian ethnicity, home-ownership and social reproduction 9 The rhetoric of anti-racism in public housing allocation 10 Ethnic minorities and racism in welfare provision 11 Ethnic identity, residential concentration and social welfare: the Jews in London PART IV IDEOLOGY AND RESISTANCE12 ‘Something happened’: the problems of explaining the 1980 and 1981 riots in British cities 13 ‘A permanent possession’? US attitudes towards Puerto Rico 14 Racist and anti-racist ideology in films of the American South

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Jackson Department of Geography, University College London