Intolerant Britain?

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-335-22640-5
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

This fascinating book uses case studies to explore a number of high-profile and contemporary ‘social problems’ that exist in British society, including:

- Racism and institutional racism

- Ethnic and religious community segregation

- Social and institutional asylophobia

- Islamophobia and the incitement of religious hatred

- Homophobia, institutional homophobia and community safety

At the same time the book examines various legislative and strategic movements introduced to tackle these social problems, for example strategies to counter institutional prejudices (especially in policing), hate crime legislation, managed migration, community safety and community cohesion strategies. Throughout the book, McGhee contextualizes these strategies within the Government's wider project of attempting to revitalize British citizenship.

Intolerant Britain? is key reading for students on courses in sociology, social policy, politics, race and ethnicity studies, gender studies, media and cultural studies and criminology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcghee, Derek

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter 1 Over-policed and under-protected: race and policing from Scarman to Lawrence

Chapter 2 Trouble up north: building community cohesion in Bradford

Chapter 3 Asylum hysteria: insecure borders, anxious havens

Chapter 4 Faith-hate in post-9/11 UK

Chapter 5 Building trust - policing homophobia

Chapter 6 Beyond toleration: privacy, citizenship and sexual minorities in

England and Wales

Chapter 7 Cosmopolitan citizenship: new Labour- ‘new’ Britain

Notes

Bibliography

Index