White backlash and the politics of multiculturalism /

Stephen Lawrence's murder led to the widest review of institutional racism seen in the UK. Sections of the white working-class communities near the scene of the murder, however, were deeply hostile to multiculturalist initiatives. Drawing on extensive research, the book relates these phenomena...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hewitt, Roger
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Multiculturalism > Great Britain.
Multiculturalism.
Race relations.
Multiculturalisme > Grande-Bretagne.
Multiculturalisme.
Relations raciales.
multiculturalism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Multiculturalism
Race relations
Greenwich (London, England) > Race relations.
England > London > Greenwich
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Politics and 'backlash' on the large stage; 3 Greenwich and its racial murders; 4 Narrative, counter-narrative and the boundaries of legitimate discourse; 5 Residence and resistance: the case of the Eltham Tenants Forum; 6 'Race' and 'culture' in education: from neighbourhood schools to the multicultural highway; 7 Backlash, multicultural politics and the global turbine; Select bibliography; Index.

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