Anti-racist movements in the EU : between Europeanisation and national trajectories / edited by Stefano Fella, former lecturer in politics, London Metropolitan University, and Carlo Ruzza, professor of sociology, University of Leicester, UK.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fella, Stefano, editor.

Ruzza, Carlo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--European Union countries--Case studies.

Equality.

Racism--European Union countries--Case studies.

Racism.

Discrimination--Government policy.

Discrimination.

Race relations.

European Union countries--Race relations--Case studies.

European Union countries.

Discrimination--Government policy--European Union countries--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xv, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Successive EU treaties may have instituted a common framework for fighting racial discrimination and intolerance across Europe, but it is a framework that masks the significant differences that arise as a result of national context: for example, pre-existing national anti-racist policies and legislation; the degree of success, character and development of anti-racist movements as well as the political, socio-economic and cultural context in which these policies and movements arise. The aim of this book is to provide an understanding of these different national contexts by exploring the nature of anti-racist movements in six different EU member states and their relationship to political institutions and policy-making, while also reflecting on the impact of the new European sphere of decision-making.

Drawing on extensive primary research involving interviews with movement and policy actors at the national and EU level, the book sheds light on the nature of racism and responses to it across Europe, analysing the impact of Europeanisation of policy-making on the sector and exploring north-south and east-west differences and patterns of convergence. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Anti-Racist Movements in the European Union: Between National Specificity and Europeanisation / Stefano Fella Fella, Stefano, Carlo Ruzza Ruzza, Carlo 1

2 Anti-Racism at the EU Level / Carlo Ruzza Ruzza, Carlo 32

3 Fighting Racism in the United Kingdom: A Multicultural Legacy and a Multi-Faceted Movement / Stefano Fella Fella, Stefano, Emanuela Bozzini Bozzini, Emanuela 53

4 The Politicisation of Immigration and Race in France: Towards a Process of Racialisation? / Lilian Mathieu Mathieu, Lilian 82

5 The Impact of Corporatism and Quasi-Civil Society on Anti-Racial Discrimination Law and Policy in Germany / Iyiola Solanke Solanke, Iyiola 106

6 Pro-Immigrant Associations and Anti-Racism in Italy: Conflict and Cooperation in the Front Line / Stefano Fella Fella, Stefano 128

7 Fighting Denial: New Anti-Racist Mobilisation in Spain / Margarita Gómez-Reino Gómez-Reino, Margarita 158

8 Civil Society and Anti-Discrimination Policy in a Homogeneous Country: The Case of Poland / Kazimiera Wódz Wódz, Kazimiera, Maciej Witkowski Witkowski, Maciej 182

9 Conclusion: Understanding European Anti-Racisms / Stefano Fella Fella, Stefano, Carlo Ruzza Ruzza, Carlo 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Ruzza, Carlo. Anti-Racism at the EU level.

ISBN:

9780230290907

0230290906

OCLC:

794708832