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.
| ISBN: | 9781788215084 |
| Publication date: | 24th March 2022 |
| Author: | Martin Shaw |
| Publisher: | Agenda Publishing an imprint of Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionales |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 184 pages |
| Genres: |
Right-of-centre democratic ideologies Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Migration, immigration and emigration |