Race, politics, and social change / John Solomos and Les Back.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solomos, John.

Contributor:

Back, Les, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--Great Britain--Politics and government.

Black people.

Black people--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Great Britain--Race relations.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on a wealth of original sources, including interviews with politicians and activists this book explores the changing contours of the politics of race in the present social and political environment. The volume seeks to go beyond abstract generalisations in order to develop an account which takes seriously the everyday processes that have shaped social understandings of race and politics in British society. At the same time it links up to the broader debates about the impact of multiculturalism on contemporary politics, the role of minorities in political life and the limits of democrat

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Theoretical and conceptual issues; Race, politics and social change; Power, racism and political mobilisation; Parties, black participation and political change; Political discourses and race; The new black politics; Political change and policy agendas; Democracy, civil society and racism; Appendices; Black councillors on Birmingham City Council (1979 1994); Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-228) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-88525-3

1-134-88526-1

1-138-40825-5

1-280-32321-3

9786610323210

0-203-22178-8

9780203221785

OCLC:

437082410