Race and Racism: Essays in Social Geography

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Preface......Page 4
Acknowledgements......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Contributors......Page 9
Introduction......Page 10
The Idea of \'Race\' and the Geography of Racism......Page 12
Part I Segregation Reconsidered......Page 29
1 Residential Segregation: A Geography of English Racism?......Page 31
2 Residential Segregation Retheorized: A View From Souther California......Page 51
3 Racism and Settlement Policy; The State\'s Response To a Semi-Nomadic Minority......Page 71
Part II Racism in Britain......Page 86
4 The Politics of \'Race Relations\' in Britain and the West......Page 88
5 Racism in Britain: The Scottish Dimension......Page 107
6 The Irish in London: An Exploraiton of Ethnic Boundary Maintenance......Page 126
7 Spatial Variability in Attitudes Towards \'Race\' in The Uk......Page 142
Part III Racism and Anti-Racism in Housing and Social Policy......Page 167
8 Asian Ethnicity, Home-Ownership and Social Reproduction......Page 169
9 The Rhetoric of Anti-Racism in Public Housing Allocation......Page 186
10 Ethnic Minorities and Racism in Welfare Provision......Page 207
11 Ethnic Identity, Residential Concentration and Social Welfare: The Jews in London......Page 220
Part IV Ideology and Residence......Page 235
12 \'Something Happened\': The Problems of Explaining the 1980 and 1981 Riots in British Cities......Page 236
13 \'A Permanent Possession\'? US Attitudes Towards Puerto Rico......Page 260
14 Racist and Anti-Racist Ideology in Films of The American South......Page 277
Index......Page 293