Political Racism: Brexit and Its Aftermath

by Martin Shaw

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788215087
• ISBN13: 9781788215084
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Agenda Publishing
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"