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The international politics of race / Michael Banton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Banton, Michael, 1926-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Racism--Political aspects.
- Racism.
- Race discrimination--Law and legislation.
- Race discrimination.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 230 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK : Polity Press ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Race as Species 9
- A two-dimensional concept
- Racial typology
- Selectionism
- Popular usage in English
- The tangled web
- 2 UNESCO 28
- Scientific facts
- Science and politics
- Present problems
- 3 The UN General Assembly 39
- Treaties
- The noble lie
- The legal instrument: discrimination
- The legal instrument: protected fields
- Political action
- The decades
- Universality
- Diplomacy
- Two theses
- 4 A Living Instrument 67
- Ratification
- Treaty monitoring
- Broadening the scope
- Annual reports
- Communications
- Prospects
- Problems ahead
- 5 Australia Arraigned 88
- White Australia
- Native title
- Equal treatment
- A multicultural society
- Unfinished business
- 6 The USA Enlists 98
- Why ratify?
- Ethnogenesis
- The initial/third report
- A language of diversity
- 7 Britain in Europe 118
- European institutions
- Immigration
- National variations
- Ethnic monitoring
- Reflections
- 8 The Third World Conference 142
- Alternatives
- Drafting
- Durban 2001
- The Declaration
- The Programme of Action
- Reservations
- A calamity
- 9 Public Policy and Human Rights 170
- Human rights standards
- Equality in civil and political rights
- Equality in economic, social and cultural rights
- Ethnic relations
- 10 Better Explanations 188
- Race as a social category
- The racism problematic
- After racism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0745630480
- 0745630499
- OCLC:
- 49681108
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