Losing the race: thinking psychosocially about racially motivated crime
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1. Verfasser: Gadd, David (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Karnac 2011
Schriftenreihe:Explorations in psycho-social studies series
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Beschreibung:"Based on a two-year research project, "Context and motive in the perpetration of racially motivated violence and harassment", funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)"--Page iv of cover
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index
Posing the "why?" question -- - Recovering the contradictory racist subject -- - Understanding the "racially motivated offender" -- - Racially aggravated offenders and the punishment of hate -- - The unconscious attractions of far right politics -- - Rethinking community cohesion -- - Zahid Mubarek's murderer: the case of Robert Stewart -- - Racism, respect, and recognition -- - Conclusion: losing the race
Based on a two-year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this book explores why many of those involved in racially motivated crime seem to be struggling to cope with economic, cultural and emotional losses in their own lives. Drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with perpetrators of racist crimes and focus group discussions with ordinary people living in the same communities, the book explores why it is that some people, and not others, feel inclined to attack immigrants and minority ethnic groups. The relationships between ordinary racism, racial
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ISBN:1849408688
1855757931
9781849408684
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