Challenging Racism in Britain and Germany

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Zig Layton-Henry, Czarina Wilpert

      Pages 1-22

3. Citizenship and Nationality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Models of Citizenship and Rules of Naturalisation

      • Rainer Bauböck

      Pages 25-45

   3. The German Concept of Citizenship and Nationality

      • Dieter Oberndörfer

      Pages 46-59

   4. Citizenship and Nationality in Britain

      • Zig Layton-Henry

      Pages 60-77

4. Racism and Racial Inequality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Racism and Racial Inequality: the British Case in a European Context

      • Malcolm Cross

      Pages 81-108

   3. Dealing with Racial Harassment: the Development of Legal Strategies Amongst Local Authorities

      • Marsha Prescod

      Pages 109-121

   4. Anti-Semitism in a United Germany

      • Werner Bergmann

      Pages 122-132

   5. The Racist Portrayal of Gypsies in the Media

      • Franz Hamburger, Irina Bohn, Kerstin Rock

      Pages 133-145

   6. The Mobilisation of the Extreme Right in Germany

      • Wolfgang Kühnel

      Pages 146-164

5. Strategies for Combating Racism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165

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   2. Race Laws and Policy in the United Kingdom

      • Colin Munro

      Pages 167-188

   3. Enforcing Anti-Discrimination Law in Britain: Here There Be Monsters!

      • Martin MacEwen

      Pages 189-207

   4. Changing Employers’ Practices: from Exclusion to Inclusion

      • Mary Coussey

      Pages 208-220

   5. Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Germany: from Abstinence to Activism? The Influence of the New EC Equal Treatment Directive on Future Legislation

      • Rainer Nickel

      Pages 221-244

   6. Racism, Discrimination, Citizenship and the Need for Anti-Discrimination Legislation in Germany

      • Czarina Wilpert

      Pages 245-269

   7. Afterword: Reflections on Challenging Racism and Discrimination in Britain and Germany

      • Zig Layton-Henry, Czarina Wilpert

      Pages 270-275

6. Back Matter

   Pages 276-286

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This collection analyses some of the factors that contribute to racism and exclusion in Britain and Germany such as citizenship laws, racial violence, discrimination in education and employment, anti-semitism and the rise of the far right. Strategies to combat racism, racist violence and discrimination in Britain are described and analysed and proposals for anti-discrimination legislation in Germany are considered.

• employment
• Policy
• violence

'This edited collection is a welcome contribution to the literature on antiracist policymaking...[A] good collection that is worth owning, especially if you are interested in issues of racism in Britain, Germany or in a comparative context.' - Erik Bleich, e-Extreme (electronic newsletter of European Consortium for Political Research)

• University of Warwick, UK

  Zig Layton-Henry

• Berlin University of Technology, Germany

  Czarina Wilpert

RAINER BAUBÖCK is a Political Scientist and Senior Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Science and Research Unit on Institutional Change and European Integration. He teaches at the Universities of Vienna and Innesbruck. WERNER BERGMANN is a Sociologist and Professor at the Center for Research on Anti-semitism, Technical University of Berlin MARY COUSSEY is a Senior Research Associate of the Judge Institute of Management Studies, University of Cambridge, specialising in equality and diversity MALCOLM CROSS is the Director of the Centre for European Migration and Ethnic Studies (CEMES) and editor of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS) FRANZ HAMBURGER is Professor of Education at the University of Mainz. His co-authors, Irin Bohn and Kerstin Rock, are Social Scientists. WOLFGANG KÜHNEL is Professor of Sociology at the University of Applied Sciences for Administration and Law MARTIN MACEWEN is Vice-Principal of the Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot Watt University COLIN MUNRO is Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Edinburgh RAINER NICKEL is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Public Law of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University and partner of the law firm Stark & Partners in Frankfurt DIETER OBERNDÖRFER is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the Albrecht Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, and Director of the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute for Cultural Research MARSHA PRESCOD is a qualified Solicitor who has worked in la centres,local government and the private sector

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