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'Race' in Britain : continuity and change

Report of the Race Relations Board

From legislation to integration? : race relations in Britain

Contributors from academia, law, politics, philosophy, and journalism address the impact of Britain's Race Relations Act of 1976. Subjects discussed include politics of the act, lessons from the US civil rights experience, and the impact of legislation on British race relations. Other subjects are strategic vision in combating racial discrimination, race relations in new Britain, and national identity in a multicultural society. Some material is from a September 1996 conference. Anwar is a research professor at the Center for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick.Britain is now permanently a multi-racial and multi-cultural society. New economic and social relationships have developed in the last fifty years as a result of the arrival and settlement of a signifi-cant number of people from the former colonies, as workers and their families, whose colour differs from that of the indigenous white population. These ethnic minorities constitute 6.3 per cent of the total population. From Legislation to Integration? provides answers to some challenging questions. What were the objectives of race relations legislation? Is it possible to reach an agreement on all sides that legislation has indeed made a difference? What indicators could be used to assess the relative success or failure of the legislation? How should the current legislation be improved to deal with a multi-ethnic Britain in the twenty-first century? These and other questions are directly and indirectly addressed by the contributors to this book. In order to gain a wider range of views on the subject, the contributors include a politician, lawyer, political philosopher, journalist, race relations experts, academics and researchers who have achieved eminence in their own professional fields. Their distinct disciplines, unique sets of experiences, and different styles combine to provide a book that has coherence, depth and character. It will appeal to social scientists, policy makers and professionals in the relevant fields locally, nationally and internationally.