50 years after the establishment of the Runnymede Trust and the Race Relations Act of 1968 which sought to end discrimination in public life, this accessible book provides commentary by some of the UK’s foremost scholars of race and ethnicity on data relating to a wide range of sectors of society, including employment, health, education, criminal justice, housing and representation in the arts and media.
Author(s): Bridget Byrne
Publisher: Policy Press
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 316
Front Cover
Ethnicity, Race and Inequality in the UK: State of the Nation
Copyright information
Table of contents
List of figures, tables and boxes
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Windrush 2018, racial landmarks and contested national (hi)stories
Ethnic and racial inequality in Britain: continuity and change
The current context: post-millennial race and racism
The state of the nation: a roadmap to change
1 The demography of ethnic minorities in Britain
Key findings
Immigration history and ethnicity in the UK
Current ethnic minorities in the UK
Age profile, fertility and family formation trends across ethnic minorities
Residential settlement and segregation
Residential settlement
Ethnic segregation
Conclusion
Notes
2 Citizen rights and immigration
Key findings
Introduction
Histories of migration
Citizenship and immigration policy
EU accession
Contemporary immigration policy and bordering practices (2010 onwards)
Detention, deportation and dispersal
Deprivation of citizenship
Conclusion
Note
3 Minority ethnic groups, policing and the criminal justice system in Britain
Key findings
Introduction1
Policing and discrimination
Stop-and-search
Area
Victims of crime
Terrorism-related policing
Young people in the youth justice system (under-18s)
Ethnic minorities and custody
Deaths in custody
The racialisation and criminalisation of ethnic minority groups
County lines, knife crime and racialisation
Joint enterprise, racialisation and custodial sentences
Conclusion
Note
4 Health inequalities
Key findings
Introduction
Ethnic inequalities in health
Policy frameworks
Access to, experience of, and quality of health (and social care) services
Access to and experience of health services
Racialisation, institutional racism and the impact on access to and quality of care
Severe mental illness
Interpreting services
Sickle cell and thalassaemia disorders
Summary
Employment
Conclusion: the need for policy development
Notes
5 Ethnic inequalities in the state education system in England
Introduction1
A brief history of race and education policy: from SENs to Prevent
Ethnicity and schooling in Britain: a contemporary portrait
Access
Attainment
GCSE
Ethnicity, gender and class
A levels/vocational training
Racism in schools
Racism and exclusions in schools
Ethnic minority employment in education
Leaving school: race, ethnicity and non-compulsory education
Further education
Aiming higher: race, ethnicity and inequality in universities
Access
Attainment
Employment in higher education
Campaigning for equality
Conclusion
Notes
6 Ethnic minorities in the labour market in Britain
Key findings
Introduction1
The changing UK labour market
A snapshot of ethnic minorities in the labour market
Economic activity
Employment
Rates of unemployment
Self-employment
Earnings
Public policy and ethnic minorities in the labour market
Ethnic minority groups and the public sector
Conclusion
Note
7 Ethnic minorities and housing in Britain
Key findings
Introduction
Migrant settlement and housing experiences
Changes in UK housing and the ‘housing crisis’
Evidence of ethnic inequalities in housing
A paucity of evidence
Ethnic minority households and housing tenure
Ethnic minority households and overcrowding
Homelessness
Marginalisation in housing debates
Conclusion
Note
8 Arts, media and ethnic inequalities
Key findings
Introduction
Cultural production: ethnic disparities in employment in the industry
Film and television
Journalism and publishing
Leadership in the CIC
Arts teaching
Cultural consumption: ethnic minority audiences
Participation in the arts
Television audiences
Cultural representation
Funding and industry policy responses: a focus on diversity in public broadcasting
Diversity policy in public broadcasting
British Broadcasting Corporation
Channel 4
Conclusion
9 Politics and representation
Key findings
Introduction
Representation
Local representation
Intersectionality
Voting behaviour
Participation
Brexit
Conclusions
Note
10 Racisms in contemporary Britain
Key findings
Introduction
Racism, discrimination and disadvantage
Individual and interpersonal racism
Institutional and societal racism
The changing landscape of racism
Islamophobia
Immigration, xeno-racism and antisemitism
Racism, nationalism and political mobilisation
Brexit and mainstreaming racism and xenophobia
Conclusion
Conclusion
Recommendations
Citizen rights and immigration
Criminal justice
Health
Education
Employment
Housing
Arts and media
Politics and representation
Racisms in Britain
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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