Full Description
This new edition of a widely-respected textbook examines welfare policy and racism in a broad framework that marries theory, evidence, history and contemporary debate. Fully updated, it contains:
• a new foreword by Professor Kate Pickett, acclaimed co-author of The Spirit Level
• two new chapters on disability and chronic illness, and UK education policy respectively
• updated examples and data, reflecting changes in black and minority ethnic demographics in the UK
• a post-script from a minority student on her struggle to make a new home in Britain
Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in social policy, sociology and applied social sciences, its global themes of immigration, austerity and securitisation also make it of considerable interest to policy and welfare practitioners.
Contents
PART 1: Theoretical, historical and policy contexts;
Introduction ‾ Gary Craig, Sangeeta Chattoo, Karl Atkin and Ronny Flynn;
'Race', ethnicity and social policy: concepts and limitations of current approaches to welfare ‾ Sangeeta Chattoo and Karl Atkin;
Migration(s): the history and pattern of settlement of the UK's Black and minority ethnic population ‾ Gary Craig;
Policy, politics and practice: an historical review and its relevance to current debates ‾ Ronny Flynn and Gary Craig;
PART 2: 'Race', ethnicity and welfare contexts;
Poverty and income maintenance ‾ Ian Law and Katy Wright;
Minority ethnic groups in the labour market ‾ Baljinder Virk;
Minority ethnic communities and housing ‾ Gina Netto and Harris Beider;
Understanding the Influence of Ethnicity on Health ‾ Saffron Karlsen, Marilyn Roth, Laia Bécares;
Ethnicity, disability and chronic illness ‾ Simon Dyson and Maria Berghs;
Understanding 'race', ethnicity and mental health ‾ Frank Keating;
UK education policy and the place of 'race' ‾ Uvanney Maylor;
Young people, 'race' and criminal justice ‾ Bankole Cole;
Endnote ‾ Karl Atkin, Sangeeta Chattoo, Gary Craig and Ronny Flynn;
Post-script ‾ Samara Linton.
