Political Racism: Brexit and its Aftermath

by Martin Shaw

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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. This type of racism, which has a special significance in societies where racism has been delegitimized, is shown to have further shaped the form of EU withdrawal and also the government's post-Brexit policies.

  • ISBN13 9781788215084
  • Publish Date 24 March 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Agenda Publishing
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 184
  • Language English