Full Description
This introductory text provides students for the first time with an historical and international analysis of the development of anti-racism. Drawing on sources from around the world, the author explains the roots and describes the practice of anti-racism in Western and non-Western societies from Britain and the United States to Malaysia and Peru.
Topics covered include:
* the historical roots of anti-racism
* race issues within organisations
* the practice of anti-racism
* the politics of backlash.
This lively, concise book will be an indispensable resource for all students interested in issues of race, ethnicity and in contemporary society more generally.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Introduction, 1 Roots of resistance: the antecedents and ambivalences of anti-racism, 2 Claiming equality: nations, capitalism and anti-racism, 3 Practising anti-racism, 4 Anti-racist dilemmas, 5 Anti-anti-racism?, 6 Conclusion, BIBLIOGRAPHY, INDEX