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List of contents
Introduction: Migration and race in Europe 1. Dominant or subordinate? The relational dynamics in a protest cycle for undocumented migrant rights 2. Do non-EU immigrants exhibit different patterns of participation in voluntary associations from those of natives and EU immigrants? 3. "I don’t mean to sound racist but…" Transforming racism in transnational Europe 4. Performing whiteness: racism, skin colour, and identity in Western Switzerland 5. The relation between religiosity and Muslims’ social integration: a two-wave study of recent immigrants in three European countries 6. The "migrant with poor prospects": racialized intersections of class and culture in Dutch civic integration debates 7. Public attitudes towards support for migrants: the importance of perceived voluntary and involuntary migration 8. The experience of discrimination among newly arrived Poles in Ireland and the Netherlands 9. "Your name does not tick the box": the intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system 10. Right choice, wrong motives? Narratives about prestigious educational choices among children of immigrants in Norway 11. Guest, trader or explorer: biographical perspectives on the experiences of cross-border mobility in Europe
About the author
Martin Bulmer is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. He is the author and editor of many books.
John Solomos is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. His most recent publications are Race, Multiculture and Social Policy (with Alice Bloch and Sarah Neal, 2013) and Theories of Race and Ethnic Relations (with Karim Murji, 2014).
Summary
This book explores the evolution and expressions of migration, race, and racism in contemporary European societies. It is based on the latest research evidence and provides an insight into one of the most important social and political issues of our time. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies.
