The New Racism in Europe
Author | : Jeffrey Cole |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1997-11-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780521584937 |
ISBN-13 | : 0521584930 |
Rating | : 4/5 (930 Downloads) |
Download or read book The New Racism in Europe written by Jeffrey Cole and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-27 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last twenty years, immigration has become one of the most contested issues in Western Europe. The arrival of Africans, Asians, Eastern Europeans and others in Italy has reversed earlier trends of emigration. Debate, political activity and violence have raised questions of rejection and integration, of anti-racism and the new racism. Studies of these issues commonly focus on political activity and the plight of minorities, but this book breaks new ground in its emphasis on the everyday reactions of Italians to immigration and related issues. Drawing on research carried out in Palermo, Jeffrey Cole considers the role of class, culture, local history and political economy in the ambivalent responses of Sicilians to immigrants. He places Italian attitudes in a European context, and investigates why anti-immigrant politics are concentrated in the wealthy Italian North.