Education and Race from Empire to Multiracial Britain (Second Edition)

2. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7829-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 513 g

Britain’s national identity continues to be shaped by its imperial past and its journey towards accepting a truly multiracial, multicultural and multifaith future. In the wake of Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and intense political and cultural upheaval, questions of race, education and belonging persist in their urgency.

This new edition of the seminal text explores Britain’s shifting identity from empire to a modern nation. It examines race, politics, education and national identity in a time of turbulent change. With fresh insights on the pandemic, leadership crises and culture wars, it critically assesses Britain’s evolving place in the world.

Including developments from 2019 onwards, this updated edition offers vital new chapters on the era from Johnson to Starmer, Black Lives Matter, the Sewell Report and the changing face of educational policy under successive ministers. It provides a sharp, comprehensive and timely analysis of how race and education intersect with Britain's ongoing search for identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tomlinson, Sally

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Empire and ethnocentric education

2. Internal colonialism and its effects

3. Ending Empire: education for ignorance, 1945-60s

4. Post-imperial anxieties and conflicts, 1970-90

5. Inequalities and education markets, 1990-97

6. New Labour: wars, race and education, 1997-2005

7. Not so New Labour: race and education, 2005-10

8. A divided society: race, class and education, 2010-16

9. A dog’s breakfast: Brexit, 2016-19

10. Boris, COVID and educational chaos, 2019-22

11. Multiracial Britain, Brexit and the end of Empire, 2022-25

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Tomlinson, Sally
Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths London University and Honorary Fellow in the Education Department, University of Oxford. She began her teaching career in primary school in Wolverhampton, and has spent her academic career researching, writing and teaching about race and ethnicity, and the politics of education, especially 'special' education. She was a trustee of the African Education Trust for 20 years working in Somalia and Somaliland and Kenya. She received an Honorary degree from the University of Glasgow in 2024.

Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford. She received an Honorary degree from the University of Glasgow in 2024.