The Politics of Antiracism

Theories, Movements and Global Perspectives
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-37802-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm

The question of antiracism has emerged as a critical dimension of contemporary debates about racial and ethnic relations across the globe. This edited collection brings together scholarship that examines the multifaceted nature of contemporary antiracist thought and practice.

Drawing on case studies from Britain, France, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Australia, the volume addresses key theoretical perspectives on antiracism, traces how antiracist movements and ideas have evolved in different national contexts and analyses their influence on policy and political agendas. The essays in this book explore pressing issues including white gatekeeping in antiracist spaces, the commodification of antiracism, the invisibility of African diaspora experiences, anti-Asian racism, and the tensions between antiracist activism and state power. The collection provides critical insights into the paradoxes, possibilities, and limitations of antiracist politics in an era of global racial reckoning.

Offering an authoritative overview of contemporary antiracist theories and strategies across diverse national environments, this volume is essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners seeking to understand the complex landscape of antiracism in the twenty-first century. It will be of particular interest to those working in sociology, race and ethnic studies, political science, social policy, and activism studies. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Solomos, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Antiracism and the current moment 2. White gatekeeping: how emotions and internalized white supremacy impact white antiracism 3. The proverbial elephant in the room: “raceless” antiracism, development communications and African diaspora invisibility 4. #StopAsianHate in Australia: possibilities and paradoxes for local and global antiracism 5. From slavery through “racial democracy” to antiracist policymaking: examining Brazil’s racial justice evolution 6. “Antiracism for sale”: commodification, antiracialism, and the politics of antiracism campaigns in France 7. #PeroNoSomosRacistas: examining Dominican (anti)blackness in a time of global racial reckoning 8. Authoritarian liberalism and the triangulation of the antiracist left in France

Über Autor(innen)

John Solomos is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Warwick, UK. He has researched and written widely on the history and contemporary forms of race and ethnic relations in Britain, theories of race and racism, the politics of race, equal opportunity policies, multiculturalism and social policy, race and football, and racist movements and ideas. His most recent book is Antiracism: A Critique (Polity Press, 2025). He has been Joint-Editor and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Ethnic and Racial Studies since 1995 and is co-editor of the book series on Racism, Resistance and Social Change for Manchester University Press.