No Problem Here
Description
Does Scotland have a problem with racism?
With its 'civic nationalism' and 'welcoming' attitude towards migrants and refugees, Scotland is understood to be relatively free of structural and institutional racism. As the contributors to this book show, such generalisations fail to withstand serious investigation. Their research into the historical record and contemporary reality tells a very different story.
Opening up a debate on a subject that has been shut down for too long, No Problem Here gathers together the views of academics, activists and anti-racism campaigners who argue that it is vital that the issue of racism be brought into the centre of public discourse.
Scotland's role in maintaining and extending slavery across the British Empire is finally beginning to receive the attention it deserves. Yet there is much more that needs to be said about racism in Scotland today.
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- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Understanding Racism in Scotland
- Part I: The Historical Legacy of the British Imperial State
- CHAPTER 1 Nationalism and Scotland's Imperial Past
- CHAPTER 2 'Britishness', the UK State, Unionism, Scotland and the 'National Outsider'
- Part II: Anti-Irish Racism and Sectarianism
- CHAPTER 3 The Irish Experience in Historical Perspective
- CHAPTER 4 The Contemporary Position of Irish Catholics in Scotland
- CHAPTER 5 The Trouble with Sectarianism
- Part III: Contemporary Racisms, Anti-racism and the Policy Field
- CHAPTER 6 What do we know about BAME Self-reported Racial Discrimination in Scotland?
- CHAPTER 7 Cultural Racism and Islamophobia in Glasgow
- CHAPTER 8 Sites, Welfare and 'Barefoot Begging': Roma and Gypsy/Traveller Experiences of Racism in Scotland
- CHAPTER 9 Racism and Housing in Scotland
- CHAPTER 10 Changing the Race Equality Paradigm
- CHAPTER 11 Race, Ethnicity and Employment in Scotland
- Conclusion: No Problem Here?
- Bibliography
- Back Cover
