Challenging Racism in Britain and Germany [Hardcover]

This collection analyses some of the factors that contribute to racism and exclusion in Britain and Germany such as citizenship laws, racial violence, discrimination in education and employment, anti-semitism and the rise of the far right. Strategies to combat racism, racist violence and discrimination in Britain are described and analysed and proposals for anti-discrimination legislation in Germany are considered.Preface Notes on the Contributors PART I: CITIZENSHIP AND NATIONALITY Models of Citizenship and Rules of Naturalization; R.Baub?ck The German Concept of Citizenship and Nationality; D.Obernd?rfter Citizenship and Nationality in Britain; Z.Layton-Henry PART II: RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUALITY Racism and Inequality: The British Case in a European Context; M.Cross Dealing with Racial Harassment: The Development of Legal Strategies; M.Prescod Anti-Semitism in a United Germany; W.Bergmann The Racist Portrayal of Gypsies in the Medialrina Bohn; F.Hamberger & K.Rock The Mobilization of the Extreme Right in Germany; W.K?hnel PART III: Law and Policy on Race in the United Kingdom; C.Munro Enforcing Anti-Discrimination Law in Britain: Here There be Monsters; M.MacEwan Changing Employers' Practices: From Exclusion to Inclusion; M.Coussey Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Germany: From Abstinence to Activism? The Influence of the New EC Equal Treatment Directive on Future Legislation; R.Nickel Racism, Discrimination, Citizenship and the Need for Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Germany; C.Wilpert Afterword Index

'This edited collection is a welcome contribution to the literature on antiracist policymaking...[A] good collection that is worth owning, especially if you are interested in issues of racism in Britain, Germany or in a comparative context.' - Erik Bleich, e-Extreme (electronic newsletter of European Consortium for Political Research)

RAINER BAUB?CK is a Political Scientist and Senior Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Science and Resealãa