1. Post-Fordism, consumerism and race -- 2. State, dimensions of control and migration -- 3. Religious organisations: structures of leadership and support -- 4. Close friends and communities -- 5. Social perceptions and common-sense racism -- 6. Leaders and politics -- 7. Quest for space: politics and ethnic politics -- 8. Conclusion -- App. I. Research methodology -- App. II. Analysis of primary zones of social networks
Summary
This study explores ethnic community political participation in local politics in a North West British town. The analysis is located within the framework of the shift from Fordism to post-Fordism. After 1977 the shift from Fordism to post-Fordism brought about a decline in ethnic political participation. While conferment of citizenship secured their right to stay in Britain, the rise in consumerism undermined the manufacturing sector on which they depended for work. With no ethnic political identity today, these communities are again politically disadvantaged
Notes
On cover: DAMES, Dansk center for migration og etniske studier
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index