British Racial Discourse - A Study of British Political Discourse About Race Race Related

Klappentext This book identifies a central feature of British political life: the ability to justify racially discriminatory behaviour without recourse to explicit racist language. Zusammenfassung This book identifies a central feature of British political life: the ability to justify racially discriminatory behaviour without recourse to explicit racist language. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Objectivity; Introduction; 1. The meaning of 'racism': its limitations when applied to the study of discourse dealing with race relations; 2. The meaning of 'ideology' and its relationship to discourse; 3. The economic foundations of racial division; 4. The state, levels of political articulation, and the discourse of the Conservative and Labour parties; 5. British political values and race relations; 6. The nature of discursive deracialisation; 7. Deracialised justification: a case study (an analysis of parliamentary debates on immigration); 8. Conclusion: ideology and British race relations; Appendices; Bibliography and references; Indexes.

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• Authors: Frank Reeves
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521124386
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12438-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Comparative Ethnic and Race Re; Comparative Ethnic and Race Re
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore