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Subject(s)

• Racism—Government policy—Europe [Browse]
• Racism—Government policy—Great Britain [Browse]
• Racism—Europe [Browse]
• Human rights—Europe [Browse]
• Human rights—Great Britain [Browse]
• Muslims—Civil rights—Europe [Browse]
• Muslims—Civil rights—Great Britain [Browse]
• Muslims—Europe [Browse]
• Europe—Race relations [Browse]
• Europe—Race relations—Political aspects [Browse]
• Great Britain—Race relations—Political aspects [Browse]
• Europe—Social policy [Browse]
• Great Britain—Social policy [Browse]

Author

• Law, Ian [Browse]
• Sayyid, S. (Salman) [Browse]

Series

• Routledge advances in sociology ; 112 [More in this series]
• Routledge advances in sociology. [More in this series]

Summary note

This book presents a new framing of policy debates on the question of racism through a discursive critique of contemporary issues and contexts, drawing on a program of new European research carried out between 2010 and 2013, with a central focus on the UK. This includes analysis of the discursive construction of Muslims in three contexts: the workplace, education and the media. Informed by a fundamental critique of both the ""post-racial"" and the limitations of human rights strategies, it identifies the ongoing significance of contemporary raciality in governance strategies and develops a

Notes

"Simultaneously published in the UK"--Title page verso.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2013).

Language note

English

Contents

• Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table ofContents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface: Anti-racist Futures-A Manifesto; History; Science; Acknowledgments; 1. The Raciality of the Post-Racial: The European Racial Crisis and the Need for a Fundamental Change; Introduction; The Shape of This Book; Neoliberal Politics and Racism and Islamophobia in Europe; 2. The Semantics of Anti-racismand Tolerance; Introduction; Racism's Horizons; The Immigrant Imaginary; Conclusion; 3. The Limits of Human Rights: Questions of Racial Justice; Introduction; Liberalism, Human Rights and Racism
• A Critique of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) in the UkReview of the Strategic Plan of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, 2009-2012; Political Elite Discourse and the EHRC; Conclusion; 4. The Limits of Anti-Discrimination: Muslims and the Workplace; Introduction; Othering' Muslims: Exclusionsand Barriers in Employment; Legislation, Anti-discrimination and Workplace Practices; Ethnic Minorities and Employment Practices in the Wider European Context; Conclusion; 5. The Dangers of Separatism: Muslims in Education; Introduction; Monitoring 'Extremism'; Faith Schools
• The Promotion of Diversity and Race Equality Teacher Training in SchoolsThe Impact of Racism and Islamophobia in Schools; Conclusion; 6. The Limits of Representation: Muslims and the News Media; Introduction; (Mis)Representing Muslims: Overview of Case Study and Methods; War on Terror and Fundamentalism; Grooming, Abuse and Madrassas; Muslim Related Domestic Issues: Riots and Racism; Forced Marriages and Immigration; Racism and Media Representation: The Wider European Context; Conclusion; 7. Reframing Racism: A New Agenda; Introduction; Reconfiguring Racism and Islamophobia
• Key Themes and FindingsAnti-racist Futures UK: Some Proposals Emerging from Joint Work Between Academics, Policy Makers and Civil Society Representatives; Racism Reduction; A Note on Semantics and the New Agenda; Notes; Bibliography; List of Media Items by Source; Index

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ISBN

• 1-135-08366-5
• 1-135-08367-3
• 0-203-06868-8

OCLC

849739534

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203068687

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