Abstract: Thinking about race in British politics beyond the colourblindness of political studies. Part 1 The historical context: British history, black people and British capitalism the British Raj and aftermath the Victorians and scientific racism the other white minorities early 20th- century attitudes towards race early black political activism. Part 2 The social-demography of multi-racial Britain: size and location of black Britons patterns of immigration geographic distribution age and gender jobs and housing. Part 3 Problems of a multi-racial society: the rising political saliency of immigration, 1945-1962 building the new liberal consensus. Part 4 Race and party politics: industrial recovery and labour shortages, 1948-1976 the populist ticket, 1976-1983 one-nation Toryism versus radical race politics, 1983-1991. Part 5 Black political participation: ethnic votes and voting - definition and interpretation black voting patterns a profile of black electoral behaviour the routes to representation. Part 6 The politics of race, nation and culture: the Powell legacy the rise and fall of the extreme right the New Right agenda. Part 7 Concluding remarks: the political analysis of race liberals and their critics future prospects.
Publication Year: 1991
Publication Date: 1991-08-01
Language: en
Type: book
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