Ethnicity & equality : France in the balance /
In the fall of 2005 the streets of France were rocked by civil disturbances on a scale unseen for decades. Only months earlier Azouz Begag, France's first minister for equal opportunities and first-ever cabinet minister of North African immigrant origin, wrote an essay laying bare the festering...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the fall of 2005 the streets of France were rocked by civil disturbances on a scale unseen for decades. Only months earlier Azouz Begag, France's first minister for equal opportunities and first-ever cabinet minister of North African immigrant origin, wrote an essay laying bare the festering social and ethnic injustices that, as can now be seen in hindsight, led to the riots. This essay, published here for the first time, brilliantly documents the socioeconomic inequalities, ethnic discrimination, and political neglect that have bred a volatile generation of minority ethnic youths deeply distrustful of a society they believe has failed them. |
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Notas: | "A bison original, Bison Books"--Page 4 of cover |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxviii, 151 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-137) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780803206915 0803206917 9786610823789 6610823782 |