Racism After 'Race Relations' [Paperback]

This trenchant yet subtle book, written by one of the main authorities in the field, discusses the shifting and multiple definitions of the concept of racism. The author challenges a common academic and everyday conception that racism is experienced exclusively by black people. Controversial and compelling it will occupy the centre of contemporary debate in the sociology of racism and ethnic studies.This book discusses the shifting definitions of racism and challenges the common conception that racism is experienced exclusively by black people. It will occupy the centre of debate in the sociology of racism and ethnic studies.Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I. The concept of racism, 1. Apropos the idea of 'race'... again, 2. Nationalism and racism: antithesis and articulation, 3. The civilisation and racialisation of the interior, Part II. Migration theory and history, 4. Theorising migration: possibilities and problems, 5. Migration history and British racisms, 6. Racialising subjects and aliens, Part III. European perspectives, 7. Integrating immigrants in Europe?, 8. Migration and the nation state in Europe: contradictions and transformations, Bibliography, Name index, Subject indexUS