Ian Law
Biographic Data
| ID | 125602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Law |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Law |
| SIGNATURE | LAW I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3850-2669 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 30 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Futures of Anti-Racism: Paradoxes of Deracialization in Brazil, South Africa, Sweden, and the UK
This book assesses the nature and extent of the project of deracialisation required to counter the contemporary dynamics of racialisation.
Futures of Anti-Racism: Paradoxes of Deracialisation in Brazil, South Africa, Sweden, and the UK
Countering Islamophobia in Europe
Post-Soviet Racisms
This book is novel not only in its theoretical framework, which places racialisation in post-communist societies and their modernist political projects at the centre of processes of global racism, but
Building the Anti-racist University, action and new agendas
This article reviews two decades of work carried out at the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies, University of Leeds in the area of racism and higher education. It introduces key issues and themes in this field and also identifies a seven-point agenda for action. This article provides an overview and agenda-setting account of the theoretical and policy innovations developed by this research team, which provide a contextual background for this…
P owell, E noch (1912–98)
John Enoch Powell is a symbolic figure in the history of race and racism in Britain due to his speech on immigration, delivered on April 20, 1968 and commonly referred to as the “Rivers of Blood” speech, and also due to his continued comments on this topic, in politics and in the mass media. Powell repeated, reworked, and reinforced racial discourse in Britain, and this had a significant impact on immigration policy and on the lives of black and …
S carman R eport, The
The Scarman report was commissioned by the UK government to inquire into the Brixton riots in April 1981. It identified “complex political, social and economic factors” that created a “disposition towards violent protest,” but did not explicitly condemn police racism and denied that “institutional racism” even existed. The report also identified failures in police community liaison, confidence and trust in the police, police training, and in the …
Discrimination, Categorical and Statistical
Discrimination refers to the differential—and often unequal—treatment of people who have been either formally or informally grouped into a particular class of persons; and it can take many forms. The legal concept of racial discrimination has been subject to criticism, but this has provided the foundation for the International Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which works to promote antidiscriminatory approaches.
Caribbean Racisms: Connections and Complexities in the Racialization of the Caribbean Region
This book identifies and engages with an analysis of racism in the Caribbean region, providing an empirically-based theoretical re-framing of both the racialisation of the globe and evaluation of the
Mediterranean Racisms: Connections and Complexities in the Racialization of the Mediterranean Region
This is the first book to provide an analysis of racism in the Mediterranean region. Ian Law reassesses contemporary processes of racialization, employing theoretical tools including polyracism, racia
Theories of multiculturalism: An Introduction
In the context of the mass of literature on multiculturalism this book makes two key interventions. Most importantly it consolidates and pushes forward the case for a 'liberal-pluralist approach' w
Race, Ethnicity and the Cold War
We are yet to achieve a systematic and theoretically adequate account of global processes of racialization and ethnicization, and a key omission in many of the best works to date is a failure to in
Racism and Ethnicity: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions
Racism and Ethnicity: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions examines in detail the theories, histories and principal debates of race, racism and ethnicity within a global context. The text offers critical evaluation of the work of major figures from Du Bois to Goldberg, and presents new research on pre-modern racisms, contemporary scientific racisms, racist violence, racism reduction, ethnicity in the UK and European patterns of exclusion and disc…
Racism, Governance, and Public Policy: Beyond Human Rights
Challenging Racist Violence and Racist Hostility in 'Post-Racial' Times: Research and Action in Leeds, UK, 2006–2012
Despite increasing understanding of, information about and official commitment to challenge these patterns, racist hostility and violence continue to have an enduring presence in urban and rural life in the UK. This indicates the paradoxical nature of this racial crisis and challenges for antiracism as a political project. This paper charts how these issues play out at the local level through an examination of a five year process from problem ide…
Red Racisms: Racism in Communist and Post-Communist Contexts
This book analyzes racism in Communist and post-Communist contexts, examining the 'Red' promise of an end to racism and the racial logics at work in the Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, Cuba
Searching for autonomy: Young black men, schooling and aspirations
This article examines the relationships between being young and black, and educational and career aspirations, drawing on new research evidence from two recent studies carried out in two urban locations in Northern England. The first of these studies forms part of a wider research project concerned with analysing the connections between aspects of racism, ethnicity and schooling in nine European countries recently completed in February 2011 and w…
Understanding Ethnic Media: Producers, Consumers and Societies
Legitimising Racism: An Exploration of the Challenges Posed by the Use of Indigeneity Discourses by the Far Right
The disintegration of the British National Party (BNP) has removed the threat of the party securing a place in the political mainstream in the UK. But, in coming close to this objective it has succeeded in renewing and legitimising both its own claims to speak on behalf of the indigenous people of Britain, as well as the similar claims of other groups such as the English Defence League (EDL), the English Democrats and the Freedom Party. Rather th…
Islamophobia/Islamophilia Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend
Shyrock, Andrew (ed.), ISLAMOPHOBIA/ISLAMOPHILIA BEYOND THE POLITICS OF ENEMY AND FRIEND, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010, vii+250 pp., $24.95 (paper) Originating from the inaugural con...
Racism Postcolonialism Europe
Racism Postcolonialism Europe
This analysis turns the postcolonial critical gaze that had previously been most likely to train itself on regions other than Europe, and sometimes those perceived to be most culturally or geographically distant from Europe, back on Europe itself. It argues that racism is alive and dangerously well in Europe, and examines this racism through the lens of postcolonial criticism
Tackling what lies beneath the surface: The racism reduction agenda and global, EU and UK approaches to tackling racist hostility
This article makes the case for a ‘racism reduction’ agenda that aims to promote action to reduce racism. It argues for placing this mission and its agenda at the core of agency and community practice. It provides information on the wider national and European context for racism and racist violence, and offers suggestions for practice that can help prevent racial violence and promote race equality. The article draws on recent research carried out…
Discrimination
Discrimination refers to the differential, and often unequal, treatment of people who have been either formally or informally grouped into a particular class of persons. There are many forms of discrimination that are specified according to the ways in which particular groups are identified, including race, ethnicity, gender, marital status, class, age, disability, nationality, religion, or language. The United Nations Charter (1954) declared in …
Racist futures: Themes and prospects
The key theme addressed in this Special Issue is how to theorize and understand the contemporary power, persistence and durability of racism. This piece provides an introduction to a collection of papers, which have been selected from Papers given at the Racist Futures programme of conferences, seminars and events organized by the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds through 2004 and 2005
Theories of multiculturalism: An Introduction
In the context of the mass of literature on multiculturalism this book makes two key interventions. Most importantly it consolidates and pushes forward the case for a 'liberal-pluralist approach' w
Needs and Empowerment in Minority Ethnic Housing: Some Issuesof Definition and Local Strategy
Universalised concepts of housing needs and solutions are difficult to sustain in a context of ethnic diversity. On the other hand it is not easy for policy makers to find straightforward substitutes that can be operationalised. Some governmental agencies may be moving towards strategies of ‘ethnic managerialism’ which acknowledge differentiation, but this is not without its dangers. Drawing on research on minority ethnic housing circumstances in…
Building the Anti-racist University, action and new agendas
This article reviews two decades of work carried out at the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies, University of Leeds in the area of racism and higher education. It introduces key issues and themes in this field and also identifies a seven-point agenda for action. This article provides an overview and agenda-setting account of the theoretical and policy innovations developed by this research team, which provide a contextual background for this…
Islamophobia/Islamophilia Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend
Shyrock, Andrew (ed.), ISLAMOPHOBIA/ISLAMOPHILIA BEYOND THE POLITICS OF ENEMY AND FRIEND, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010, vii+250 pp., $24.95 (paper) Originating from the inaugural con...
Searching for autonomy: Young black men, schooling and aspirations
This article examines the relationships between being young and black, and educational and career aspirations, drawing on new research evidence from two recent studies carried out in two urban locations in Northern England. The first of these studies forms part of a wider research project concerned with analysing the connections between aspects of racism, ethnicity and schooling in nine European countries recently completed in February 2011 and w…
Racist futures: Themes and prospects
The key theme addressed in this Special Issue is how to theorize and understand the contemporary power, persistence and durability of racism. This piece provides an introduction to a collection of papers, which have been selected from Papers given at the Racist Futures programme of conferences, seminars and events organized by the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds through 2004 and 2005
University teaching in ethnicity and racism studies: Context, Content and Commitment
The development of university teaching in ethnic and racial studies and observations from this collection of articles are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to three key questions. Firstly, critical consideration is given to the institutional context within which this teaching takes place and the extent to which issues of racism and ethnic diversity have been addressed by higher education institutions. Secondly, the extent to which the develo…
Race, Ethnicity and the Cold War
We are yet to achieve a systematic and theoretically adequate account of global processes of racialization and ethnicization, and a key omission in many of the best works to date is a failure to in
Positive Action, Particularism, and Practice
This article provides an analysis of conceptual and operational issues surrounding 'race'related positive action strategies in Britain and connects these with broader concerns about difference and universality. Two case studies - of developments in housing and in media representation - are examined to asses the extent, nature and impact of positive action strategies. Here limited success of 'old-style' positive action is shown in relation to prog…
Modernity, anti‐racism and ethnic managerialism
This article situates racism and anti‐racism within the tensions which are inherent in the complex of ideas defined as modernity. The ‘modernist’ approach to issues of racism and ethnicity, with all its pitfalls, is particularly evident in governance strategies in the 1990s with an emphasis on finding managerial solutions to complex political and social questions. The ambiguous and contested conceptualisations of ‘racial equality’ and the failure…
Modernity, anti‐racism and ethnic managerialism
This article situates racism and anti‐racism within the tensions which are inherent in the complex of ideas defined as modernity. The ‘modernist’ approach to issues of racism and ethnicity, with all its pitfalls, is particularly evident in governance strategies in the 1990s with an emphasis on finding managerial solutions to complex political and social questions. The ambiguous and contested conceptualisations of ‘racial equality’ and the failure…
Race’
Needs and Empowerment in Minority Ethnic Housing: Some Issuesof Definition and Local Strategy
Universalised concepts of housing needs and solutions are difficult to sustain in a context of ethnic diversity. On the other hand it is not easy for policy makers to find straightforward substitutes that can be operationalised. Some governmental agencies may be moving towards strategies of ‘ethnic managerialism’ which acknowledge differentiation, but this is not without its dangers. Drawing on research on minority ethnic housing circumstances in…
Rethinking Ethnicity Arguments and Explorations
Positive Action, Particularism, and Practice
This article provides an analysis of conceptual and operational issues surrounding 'race'related positive action strategies in Britain and connects these with broader concerns about difference and universality. Two case studies - of developments in housing and in media representation - are examined to asses the extent, nature and impact of positive action strategies. Here limited success of 'old-style' positive action is shown in relation to prog…
Race in the News
Offering a systematic analysis of how race and ethnicity are represented in the news, this book charts a sea change in British news media coverage, drawing on the first substantial empirical analysis
University teaching in ethnicity and racism studies: Context, Content and Commitment
The development of university teaching in ethnic and racial studies and observations from this collection of articles are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to three key questions. Firstly, critical consideration is given to the institutional context within which this teaching takes place and the extent to which issues of racism and ethnic diversity have been addressed by higher education institutions. Secondly, the extent to which the develo…
The Globalization of Racism
Discrimination
Discrimination refers to the differential, and often unequal, treatment of people who have been either formally or informally grouped into a particular class of persons. There are many forms of discrimination that are specified according to the ways in which particular groups are identified, including race, ethnicity, gender, marital status, class, age, disability, nationality, religion, or language. The United Nations Charter (1954) declared in …
Racist futures: Themes and prospects
The key theme addressed in this Special Issue is how to theorize and understand the contemporary power, persistence and durability of racism. This piece provides an introduction to a collection of papers, which have been selected from Papers given at the Racist Futures programme of conferences, seminars and events organized by the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies at the University of Leeds through 2004 and 2005
Tackling what lies beneath the surface: The racism reduction agenda and global, EU and UK approaches to tackling racist hostility
This article makes the case for a ‘racism reduction’ agenda that aims to promote action to reduce racism. It argues for placing this mission and its agenda at the core of agency and community practice. It provides information on the wider national and European context for racism and racist violence, and offers suggestions for practice that can help prevent racial violence and promote race equality. The article draws on recent research carried out…
Racism Postcolonialism Europe
Racism Postcolonialism Europe
This analysis turns the postcolonial critical gaze that had previously been most likely to train itself on regions other than Europe, and sometimes those perceived to be most culturally or geographically distant from Europe, back on Europe itself. It argues that racism is alive and dangerously well in Europe, and examines this racism through the lens of postcolonial criticism
Red Racisms: Racism in Communist and Post-Communist Contexts
This book analyzes racism in Communist and post-Communist contexts, examining the 'Red' promise of an end to racism and the racial logics at work in the Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, Cuba
Searching for autonomy: Young black men, schooling and aspirations
This article examines the relationships between being young and black, and educational and career aspirations, drawing on new research evidence from two recent studies carried out in two urban locations in Northern England. The first of these studies forms part of a wider research project concerned with analysing the connections between aspects of racism, ethnicity and schooling in nine European countries recently completed in February 2011 and w…
Understanding Ethnic Media: Producers, Consumers and Societies
Legitimising Racism: An Exploration of the Challenges Posed by the Use of Indigeneity Discourses by the Far Right
The disintegration of the British National Party (BNP) has removed the threat of the party securing a place in the political mainstream in the UK. But, in coming close to this objective it has succeeded in renewing and legitimising both its own claims to speak on behalf of the indigenous people of Britain, as well as the similar claims of other groups such as the English Defence League (EDL), the English Democrats and the Freedom Party. Rather th…
Islamophobia/Islamophilia Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend
Shyrock, Andrew (ed.), ISLAMOPHOBIA/ISLAMOPHILIA BEYOND THE POLITICS OF ENEMY AND FRIEND, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2010, vii+250 pp., $24.95 (paper) Originating from the inaugural con...
Racism and Ethnicity: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions
Racism and Ethnicity: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions examines in detail the theories, histories and principal debates of race, racism and ethnicity within a global context. The text offers critical evaluation of the work of major figures from Du Bois to Goldberg, and presents new research on pre-modern racisms, contemporary scientific racisms, racist violence, racism reduction, ethnicity in the UK and European patterns of exclusion and disc…
Racism, Governance, and Public Policy: Beyond Human Rights
Challenging Racist Violence and Racist Hostility in 'Post-Racial' Times: Research and Action in Leeds, UK, 2006–2012
Despite increasing understanding of, information about and official commitment to challenge these patterns, racist hostility and violence continue to have an enduring presence in urban and rural life in the UK. This indicates the paradoxical nature of this racial crisis and challenges for antiracism as a political project. This paper charts how these issues play out at the local level through an examination of a five year process from problem ide…
Mediterranean Racisms: Connections and Complexities in the Racialization of the Mediterranean Region
This is the first book to provide an analysis of racism in the Mediterranean region. Ian Law reassesses contemporary processes of racialization, employing theoretical tools including polyracism, racia
Theories of multiculturalism: An Introduction
In the context of the mass of literature on multiculturalism this book makes two key interventions. Most importantly it consolidates and pushes forward the case for a 'liberal-pluralist approach' w
Race, Ethnicity and the Cold War
We are yet to achieve a systematic and theoretically adequate account of global processes of racialization and ethnicization, and a key omission in many of the best works to date is a failure to in
P owell, E noch (1912–98)
John Enoch Powell is a symbolic figure in the history of race and racism in Britain due to his speech on immigration, delivered on April 20, 1968 and commonly referred to as the “Rivers of Blood” speech, and also due to his continued comments on this topic, in politics and in the mass media. Powell repeated, reworked, and reinforced racial discourse in Britain, and this had a significant impact on immigration policy and on the lives of black and …
Sociology (29 works) · Political science (23 works) · Gender Studies (21 works) · Law (19 works) · Racism (18 works) · Ethnic group (15 works) · Politics (12 works) · Gender Studies (10 works) · Law (10 works) · Anthropology (7 works)