Political Racism conceptualizes a distinctive form of racism – intentional, organized hostility mobilized by political actors – and examines its role in the Brexit conflict and in the rise of a new nationalist politics in the UK.
In a compelling analysis the book argues that Powellite anti-immigrant racism, reinterpreted in numerical terms, was combined with anti-East European and anti-Muslim hostility to inform the Vote Leave victory. This type of racism, which has a special significance in societies where racism has been delegitimized, is shown to have further shaped the form of EU withdrawal and also the government’s post-Brexit policies.
Table of Content
Introduction
1 Conceptualizing racism and political racism
2 Political racism and immigration
3 The Europhobic movement and its ideology
4 Racism in the referendum
5 Embedded racism in the Brexit conflict
6 Johnson’s victory and the nationalist Tory regime
Conclusion
About the author
Martin Shaw is Emeritus Professor of International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex and Research Professor at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals. He has written widely on global politics, war and genocide.
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