Northern Ireland and the crisis of anti-racism : rethinking racism and sectarianism / Chris Gilligan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilligan, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anti-racism--Northern Ireland.

Anti-racism.

Racism--Northern Ireland.

Racism.

Religious tolerance--Northern Ireland.

Religious tolerance.

Religion and politics--Northern Ireland.

Religion and politics.

Northern Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 222 pages) : digital file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2017.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

This text makes an important contribution to the discussion on the 'crisis of anti-racism' in the United Kingdom. The work looks at two phenomena that are rarely examined together - racism and sectarianism. The author argues that thinking critically about sectarianism and other racisms in Northern Ireland helps to clear up some confusions regarding 'race' and ethnicity. Many of the prominent themes in debates on racism and anti-racism in the UK today - the role of religion, racism and 'terrorism', community cohesion - were central to discussions on sectarianism in Northern Ireland during the conflict and peace process. The volume provides a sustained critique of the Race Relations paradigm that dominates official anti-racism and sketches out some elements of an emancipatory anti-racism.

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Differentiating racism and sectarianism

3. Racisms and the Race Relations approach

4. Anti-racism and disavowed racism

5. Rethinking anti-racism

6. From civil rights to multiculturalism

7. Hate crime

8. Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526116611

1526116618

9780719086533

0719086531

9781526128621

1526128624

9781526116604

152611660X

OCLC:

1132666925