The Racialisation of Disorder in Twentieth

This book develops the concept of racialisation. It argues that a full understanding of racialized discourse must pay attention to both the particular local circumstances in which they appear, and well-established themes which have unfolded over time. An important aspect of the study is the examination of other discourses with which racialized ideas have co-joined, reflecting the way in which notions of 'race' are socially constructed. The final part of the book returns to debates of the 1980's and argues that the racialisation of unrest in that decade was closely intertwined with conservative perspectives which sought to deny socio-economic causes in favour of explanations based upon the supposed cultural or personal proclivities of those involved.

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction: Law, Disorder and the Nation	p. 1
Public disorder in the 1980s: 'hell-bent on confrontation'	p. 6
Methodology	p. 12
Structure of the book	p. 17
Marxism, Postmodernism, and the Racialisation Problematic	p. 20
Introduction	p. 20
Marxism, neo-Marxism and 'race'	p. 20
The classical Marxist approach	p. 23
The migrant labour model	p. 25
The relative autonomy model	p. 28
The postmodern challenge	p. 33
Reconceptualising 'race': a critically realist racialisation problematic	p. 39
Summary and conclusion	p. 46
Liverpool, 1919: '...To Make An Honest Bread'?	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Background and context	p. 53
Explaining the disorders	p. 54
Fears surrounding miscegenation	p. 55
Competition for employment	p. 58
Citizenship and 'difference'	p. 62
'Safe on sacred ground'	p. 65
Conclusion	p. 67
Political Disorder in 1930s Britain: 'Coloured Shirts and Tin Trumpets'	p. 74
Introduction	p. 74
Background and context	p. 75
Olympia, 7 June 1934: 'wholly unnecessary violence'	p. 80
'The Battle of Cable Street', 4 October 1936: 'they shall not pass'	p. 84
Explaining the disorders	p. 89
Jews in the East End of London: 'you've got to be a good Yiddisher boy'	p. 89
Fascism, violence, and the British tradition: 'un-British weeds in British soil'	p. 95
Conclusion	p. 98
Nottingham and Notting Hill 1958-59: 'Ostentatious Blacks and Rowdy Whites'	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Background and context	p. 107
Explaining the disorders	p. 112
Housing, unemployment, and national assistance	p. 112
Immigration	p. 117
Youths, crime, and social nuisance	p. 122
Pimping, sex, and 'silly girls'	p. 124
Liberal, charitable, and community groups	p. 126
Conclusion	p. 127
Broadwater Farm, October 1985: 'This is not England'	p. 135
Introduction	p. 135
Background and context	p. 136
Explaining the disorders	p. 140
The primacy of law and order	p. 140
The racialisation of the disputes	p. 143
'Demonising' Broadwater Farm	p. 146
Gender roles and racialisation	p. 149
Conclusion	p. 155
Conclusion	p. 162
Introduction	p. 162
The racialisation of disorder	p. 164
The 'law and order' tradition	p. 170
Distant disorder?	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 185
Index	p. 199
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