The roots of racism : the politics of white supremacy in the US and Europe /
This important book examines the past, present, and future of racist ideas and politics, showing how policies have developed over a long history of European and White American dominance of political institutions.
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Bristol, UK :
Bristol University Press,
2022.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- The Roots of Racism: The Politics of White Supremacy in the US and Europe
- Copyright information
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Structural Racism is the Problem of the 21st Century
- Ongoing discrimination toward ethnic and racial minorities
- The politics of White supremacy versus White nationalism
- Perpetuating White supremacy versus a multicultural future
- Defining comparative race theory
- Outline of chapters
- 2 Political Science, International Relations, and the Normalization of White Supremacy
- The impact of the lack of diversity in political science
- Political science and the perpetuation of White supremacy
- International relations, race, and immigration
- Transatlantic ideas and connections: immigration, race (and religion) in Europe
- Conclusion
- 3 The Social and Geographical Construction of Race: A Transatlantic History
- The development of race: a transatlantic history
- Becoming Black
- Becoming White: race and immigration
- The role of religion in defining the other
- Conclusion
- Note
- 4 Ties that Bind: Slavery and Colonialism
- A timeline of slavery and colonialism
- 1400-1550: laying the foundations for the slave trade
- 1560-1600: the English enter the slave trade
- 1607-1700: slavery in America
- 1700-1800: the beginning of the end of the slave trade
- 1800-1900: abolition to Civil War
- Europe encounters Africa: 1400-1599
- Slavery and colonialism
- Colonialism and empire: the foundations for future migration
- Britain
- France
- Germany
- Conclusion
- 5 Post-War Transitions: The Conflation of Immigration and Race
- Immigration control, race, and eugenics
- Immigration and the development of marginalized communities in Europe
- From temporary labor to settlers
- Family reunification and the beginning of the backlash
- Conclusion
- 6 Immigration, Race, and Citizenship
- Reconstruction and the development of violent voter suppression in the US
- Citizenship and immigration in Europe
- Britain
- France
- Germany
- Conclusion
- 7 From the Civil Rights Movement to Black Lives Matter
- Discrimination in practice
- The civil rights movements in the US and UK
- British race relations laws
- Antidiscrimination policy in Europe
- Immigrant and minority political participation
- Conclusion
- Note
- 8 Party Politics, the Radical Right, and Race in the 21st Century
- A political backlash to increasing diversity
- Radical right parties: racism repackaged
- Barack Obama and immigrant politics
- Transatlantic connections on the right
- The decline of left-wing parties
- Conclusion
- 9 Elections, Protest, and Insurrection
- Brexit and the politics of immigration
- Black Lives Matter and policing
