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The book investigates the experience of ethno-racial discrimination
in France and the forms that resistance take in a colour-blind
context. Among pluriethnic, multi-religious, post-colonial states
with a long immigration history, France holds a specific place in
international comparisons due to its distinct colour-blindness. It
does not recognize racial or ethnic groups either as legitimate
social or political categories or as targets for policy.
Nevertheless, the book embarks in testing existing theories on the
experience of discrimination, and on the diverse repertoire of
collective action to fight discriminatory practices in France. It
features chapters that draw on empirical qualitative research done
at various levels of political action (city, regional or national)
and focusing on various actors (inhabitants, activists,
administrative, judicial and elected officials). The contributors
argue that far from disappearing, race operates at the political
level and is embedded in policy design. They highlight the
centrality of institutions and policies in the production of a
colour-blind racial regime. Despite the hostile character of the
French political environment, the fight against discrimination
takes renewed forms, from infrapolitical tactics to legal battles.
While the social sciences have, themselves, been under attack,
scholarship on France demonstrates the reproduction of ethnoracial
inequalities and investigates the forms that resistance to
discrimination take. Fighting Discrimination in a Hostile Political
Environment will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and
advanced students of Race and Ethnic Studies, Politics and Public
Policy, European Studies, Research Methods and Sociology. This book
was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial
Studies.
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