1st Edition

Making Anti-Racial Discrimination Law A Comparative History of Social Action and Anti-Racial Discrimination Law

By Iyiola Solanke Copyright 2009
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Making Anti-Racial Discrimination Law examines the evolution of anti-racial discrimination law from a socio-legal perspective. Taking a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book does not simply look at race and society or race and law but brings these areas together by drawing out the tension in the process, in different countries, by which race becomes a policy issue which is... Read more

Introduction  1. Black European Union Citizens  2. Understanding Racial Violence  3. The Response to Overt Racial Violence  4. The Response to Covert Racial Violence  5. Restoring Voice and Visibility  6. Civil Society and the Political Opportunity Structure  7. The Impact of Race in the News on Race and Law  8. Anti-Racial Discrimination Law in the European Union  9. Conclusion

Biography

Iyiola Solanke is a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Leeds, UK.