Race Politics in Britain and France

Ideas and Policymaking since the 1960s

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Social Science, Business & Finance
Cover of the book Race Politics in Britain and France by Erik Bleich, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Erik Bleich ISBN: 9781139809740
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: May 26, 2003
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Erik Bleich
ISBN: 9781139809740
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 26, 2003
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Britain and France have developed substantially different policies to manage racial tensions since the 1960s, in spite of having similar numbers of post-war ethnic minority immigrants. This book provides the first detailed historical exploration of race policy development in these two countries. In this path-breaking work, Bleich argues against common wisdom that attributes policy outcomes to the role of powerful interest groups or to the constraints of existing institutions, instead emphasizing the importance of frames as widely-held ideas that propelled policymaking in different directions. British policymakers' framing of race and racism principally in North American terms of color discrimination encouraged them to import many policies from across the Atlantic. For decades after WWII, by contrast, French policy leaders framed racism in terms influenced largely by their Vichy past, which encouraged policies designed primarily to counter hate speech while avoiding the recognition of race found across the English Channel.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Britain and France have developed substantially different policies to manage racial tensions since the 1960s, in spite of having similar numbers of post-war ethnic minority immigrants. This book provides the first detailed historical exploration of race policy development in these two countries. In this path-breaking work, Bleich argues against common wisdom that attributes policy outcomes to the role of powerful interest groups or to the constraints of existing institutions, instead emphasizing the importance of frames as widely-held ideas that propelled policymaking in different directions. British policymakers' framing of race and racism principally in North American terms of color discrimination encouraged them to import many policies from across the Atlantic. For decades after WWII, by contrast, French policy leaders framed racism in terms influenced largely by their Vichy past, which encouraged policies designed primarily to counter hate speech while avoiding the recognition of race found across the English Channel.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Critical Theory by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book The Clinic and the Court by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Borrowing Together by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Music Sketches by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book A Global Introduction to Baptist Churches by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Early Greek Portraiture by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Regionalism and Rebellion in Yemen by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Oligarchy by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book The Making of Friedrich Nietzsche by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book The Cambridge History of Moral Philosophy by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book For the Love of Language by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Causation in European Tort Law by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book The Cambridge World History: Volume 7, Production, Destruction and Connection 1750–Present, Part 2, Shared Transformations? by Erik Bleich
Cover of the book Communicating Social Support by Erik Bleich
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy