Racism in Metropolitan Areas / / ed. by Ellen Preckler, Rik Pinxten.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Duster, Troy,; Ford, Glyn,; Gingrich, André,; Gundara, Jagdish S.,; Gupta, Dipankar,; Hervik, Peter,; Jans, Erwin,; Janssens, Patrick,; Judd, Mary,; Leman, Johan,; Marx, Emanuel,; Nader, Laura,; Peirs, Marc,; Pinxten, Rik,; Poppe, Guy,; Preckler, Ellen,; Robotham, Donald,; Rubinstein, Robert A.,; Sarkar, Sumit,; Seward, Eric,
• HerausgeberIn: Pinxten, Rik,; Preckler, Ellen,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Culture and Politics/Politics and Culture ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (200 p.)

For several decades, a political discourse, which incites exclusion and hatred againt those who are perceived as different, has been gaining ground, most notably in affluent and developed countries. Focusing on the growth of racism in large cities and urban areas, this volume presents the views of international scholars who work in the social sciences and statements by non-practicing academics such as journalists and policy makers. The contributions of the scientists and the non-academic specialists are grouped around common themes, highlighting existing debates and bringing together widely scattered information. The book explores the ways in which old forms of racism persist in the urban context, and how traditional exclusion systems like casteism can be likened to contemporary forms like racism directed at refugees.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Racism in Metropolitan Areas -- Part One: Disempowering through Racism -- How a Dream was Shattered -- Explaining Increased Racial Conflict in Post-industrial Societies: the Creation of Systemic ‘Competitive’ Youth Unemployment -- Racial Conflicts in British Cities -- Limits of Tolerance and Limited Tolerance: How Tolerant are the Danes? -- The Politics of ‘Caste is Race’: the Impact of Urbanisation -- Playing the Media: the Durban Case -- The Relevance of the Language of Race in South Asian Conflicts -- The Fremmede and the Dalit are Silent: Danish and Indian Cultural Worlds -- Approaching Racism: Attitudes, Actions and Social Structure -- Part Two: Empowering to Combat Racism -- The Paradox of Secondary Ethnicity -- Is Harmony Possible in a Multiracial Society? The Case of Singapore -- Racism and Intercultural Issues in Urban Europe -- Antiracist Empowerment through Culture and Legislation -- Racism in Large Cities: the Means to Empower/Disempower Groups and Communities -- Riding the Tiger: the Difficult Relationship between NGOs and the Media -- Urban Crowds Manipulated: Assessing the Austrian Case as an Example in Wider European Tendencies -- Some Reflections on Culture and Violence -- Naturalising Difference and Models of Coexistence: Concluding Comments -- Notes on Contributors -- Index