Rural Racism (Hardcover)

Rural issues are currently attracting unprecedented levels of interest, with the debates surrounding the future of traditional rural customs and practice becoming a significant political concern. However, the problem of racism in rural areas has been largely overlooked by academics, practitioners and researchers who have sought almost exclusively to develop an understanding of racism in urban contexts. This edited book aims to address this oversight by examining notions of ethnic identity, otherness and racist victimization that have tended to be marginalized from traditional rural discourse. The text is divided into three parts, the first of which places the terms rural and racism in context by analyzing appropriate theoretical explanations of rurality as well as some of the concepts that characterize the problem of racism in a rural setting. The book then considers the nature and process of victimization and the way in which communities are affected by racism in different rur

General

Imprint:	Willan Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2004
First published:	2004
Editors:	Neil Chakraborti (University of Leicester) • Jon Garland (University of Leicester)
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-84392-056-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Rural communities Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities
LSN:	1-84392-056-5
Barcode:	9781843920564

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