| Description |
1 online resource (xxix, 258 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Explorations in psycho-social studies series
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Explorations in psycho-social studies series.
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| Note |
"Based on a two-year research project, "Context and motive in the perpetration of racially motivated violence and harassment", funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)"--Page iv of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Posing the "why?" question -- Recovering the contradictory racist subject -- Understanding the "racially motivated offender" -- Racially aggravated offenders and the punishment of hate -- Unconscious attractions of far right politics -- Rethinking community cohesion -- Zahid Mubarek's murderer: the case of Robert Stewart -- Racism, respect, and recognition -- Conclusion: losing the race. |
| Summary |
Based on a two-year research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), this book explores why many of those involved in racially motivated crime seem to be struggling to cope with economic, cultural and emotional losses in their own lives. Drawing on in-depth biographical interviews with perpetrators of racist crimes and focus group discussions with ordinary people living in the same communities, the book explores why it is that some people, and not others, feel inclined to attack immigrants and minority ethnic groups. The relationships between ordinary racism, racial. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis and racism.
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Psychoanalysis and racism. |
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Race -- Psychological aspects.
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Race -- Psychological aspects. |
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Race. |
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Race awareness -- Great Britain.
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Race awareness. |
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Great Britain. |
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Racism -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects.
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Racism. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Hate crimes -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Hate crimes. |
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Racism. |
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Hate crimes. |
| Added Author |
Dixon, Bill.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gadd, David, 1975- Losing the race. London : Karnac, ©2011 9781855757936 (DLC) 2011410105 (OCoLC)697775177 |
| ISBN |
9781849408684 (electronic book) |
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1849408688 (electronic book) |
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9781855757936 |
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1855757931 |
| Standard No. |
9786613071149 |
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