Immigrant labor and racial conflict in industrial societies : the French and British experience, 1945-1975 / Gary P. Freeman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freeman, Gary P., author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers--France--History--20th century.

Foreign workers.

Foreign workers--Great Britain--History--20th century.

France--Race relations--History--20th century.

France.

Great Britain--Race relations--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

France--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1979.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In order to describe how the elites in two political systems grappled with the potentially explosive influx of foreign labor, Gary Freeman analyzes and compares the ways in which the British and the French governments responded to immigration and racial conflict over a thirty-year period during the post-war era. In addition to comparing the policy records of the two countries, the author focuses on the process by which political and social phenomena become defined as public problems and how alternative responses to these problems are generated. His broader aim is to provide a standpoint from which to evaluate the more general problem-solving capability of the political systems under consideration. Professor Freeman finds that by 1975 both Britain and France had instituted tightly controlled, racially discriminatory, temporary contract-labor systems. Despite this basic similarity, however, he notes three distinctions between the two cases: while the French attempted to adapt immigration to their economic needs, the British failed to seize this opportunity; while the British moved toward an elaborate race relations structure, the French relied on criminal law and the economic self-interest of the worker to prevent outbreaks of racial violence; and the British were much more affected than the French by fears of immigration and racial conflict.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

CHAPTER 1. Introduction

CHAPTER 2. Labor Migration and the Colonial Legacy

CHAPTER 3. The Evolution of Immigration Policy since World War II

CHAPTER 4. Elites, Consensus, and the Depoliticization of Race

CHAPTER 5. Immigration, Race Relations, and Welfare

CHAPTER 6. The Economic Context of Immigration Policy

CHAPTER 7. The Dilemma of Organized Labor and the Left

CHAPTER 8. Racism, Nationalism, and the Mass Public

CHAPTER 9. Conclusion

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-64031-9

0-691-61238-2

1-4008-6905-6

OCLC:

933516349